The website, which can be accessed here, provides information on a variety of ventures being pursued, as well as updates on past events both on and off the sporting field.

In particular, it contains overviews of the two-day Education Forum and Annual General Assembly of the ZOC held in Harare from July 19 to 20, where there was a focus on administrative, sporting, and membership issues, as well as on the Athletes' Commission. 

At the meeting, Cleopas Nyangoni was also appointed the new ZOC treasurer, as well as the chair of the Audit and Finance Commission.

A 10-strong team to compete at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing later this month from August 16 to 28 is also listed on the website, with the squad participating across the five sports of aquatics, athletics, equestrian, rowing and triathlon.

Titus Zvomuya will lead the delegation as Chef de Mission.

This comes at an interesting time for sport in the southern African nation, shortly after Alpine skier Luke Steyn became Zimbabwe's first ever Winter Olympian in Sochi and came a creditable 57th in the giant slalom.

Zimbabwe also won 10 medals at the African Youth Games in Gabarone in May, including a gold for Petra Mukonde in the basketball shooting contest.

A further boost has been provided by the return of the country's most successful Olympian, seven time medallist Kirsty Coventry, who announced last month that she plans to bid for more medals at Rio 2016. 

Kirsty Coventry is bidding to win more Zimbabwean medals at Rio 2016 ©Getty Images



Coventry, a backstroke and individual medley specialist who is also a member of the International Olympic Committee, won one gold at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Games.

This follows another positive step in March, when the ZOC took advantage of Olympic Solidarity funding to distribute equipment to seven different sports associations.

The equipment, worth $30,000 (£18,000/€22,000), was distributed to the governing bodies responsible for athletics, basketball, netball, rugby union, tennis, triathlon and volleyball.

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