President Mugabe orders Zimbabwe's Olympic athletes detained for wininng no medals

ZIMBABWEAN president Robert Mugabe has instructed Zimbabwe's commissioner-general of police Augustine Chihuri to arrest and detain the whole Olympic Team members for failing to win any medal at the recent Rio games.

 

At the recently-concluded Rio Olympics, Zimbabwe came home with no medal whatsoever, not winning a gold, silver or bronze in any event.  As a result, immediately the squad arrived at the Harare International Airport on Tuesday, August 23, President Mugabe ordered their arrest.

 

Zimbabwe sent a team of 31 athletes to Rio but the closest any of the athletes came to winning any contest was securing eighth position. Incensed with the team’s performance as Zimbabwe has won three gold medals at the Olympics before, President Mugabe told the police chief to arrest all the team members and detain them.

 

President Mugabe said: “We have wasted the country’s money on these rats we call athletes. If you are not ready to sacrifice and win even copper or brass medals, as our neighbours Botswana did, then why do you go to waste our money.

 

”If we needed people to just go to Brazil to sing our national anthem and hoist our flag, we would have sent some of the beautiful girls and handsome guys from University of Zimbabwe to represent us. This situation is like an impotent man who is married to five women, what is the essence?"

 

According to President Mugabe, the money invested in the team to represent the country could have been used to provide amenities and build schools. He added that he will make sure the government shares the cost of the games among the athletes and they will be made to pay back the money spent even if it takes 10 years.