USA Today · Jul 28, 2016
Africa's best Olympian dives in for the last time
(Photo: The Associated Press)HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The African with the most Olympic medals is of the great distance runners from Kenya or Ethiopia, right?
Nope.
It's a swimmer from Zimbabwe.
Like Michael Phelps, Kirsty Coventry is going to the Olympics for the fifth and final time, and she's swimming for one more little slice of history in the Rio de Janeiro pool.
Phelps has the all-time Olympic record with his medal haul of 22, but Coventry needs one more podium finish at her last Olympics to be the first female swimmer to win eight individual medals.