{"id":4228,"date":"2021-08-12T19:54:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T19:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2021-08-12T19:54:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T19:54:58","slug":"kanyanta-wants-team-zambia-to-swiftly-move-on-after-lamentable-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/kanyanta-wants-team-zambia-to-swiftly-move-on-after-lamentable-olympics","title":{"rendered":"Kanyanta Wants Team Zambia To Swiftly Move On After Lamentable Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former boxing star Kennedy Kanyanta wants team Zambia to move on quickly after an uninspiring performance at the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan. Team Zambia came back home minus a medal after participating in women football, boxing, Judo, Swimming and athletics.<\/p>\n<p>Kanyanta, who won the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men\u2019s flyweight division and bronze at the 2007 All Africa Games, said Zambia must pick lessons from the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should not put our heads down. We should put our heads up and forge ahead,\u201d Kanyanta said by phone from his Mufulira base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to see to it that we improve where we failed and get back to the drawing board,\u201d the boxing coach said. Kanyanta is also calling for improved sports infrastructure in the country as a way of raising sports standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll we are looking for is to improve and start reaping medals at such sporting events, we need to improve the sporting infrastructure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to get close to where other countries like Namibia and Botswana are. We have seen many infrastructures turned into beer halls or private facilities,\u201d Kanyanta said. Namibia reaped silver and team Botswana went back home with a bronze medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. Former boxing star Kennedy Kanyanta wants team Zambia to move on quickly after an uninspiring performance at the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan. Team Zambia came back home minus a medal after participating in women football, boxing, Judo, Swimming and athletics. 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