Zambia 'not doing enough' for athletics

Zambia's former 400m World Champion Samuel Matete says the country is "not doing enough to develop athletics". 

Matete, who won gold at the 1991 World Championships in Japan, says it is sad that from the time he last won a medal before he retired, there has not been an athlete who has won anything at a major event.

The legend, who won 10 medals in his career – six gold and four silver – is contesting to become president of the Zambia Athletics Association and runs an athletics academy in his name. 

"We are talking about the global level. We are not talking about where you go to South Africa and compete with three countries and win a medal. No. Those are developmental medals," he said. 

"Ever since I left the podium, we have only seen one medal which is through Sydney [Siame] at the Africa Championships. So we are not doing enough. We have not done anything about athletics that we can talk about."

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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