Blossoming Malawian female athlete Asimenye Simwaka won 2 gold Medals in 200 meters (m)at the Cameron National Championship which attracted the cream of continent. To add extra spice, she also broke the national record by clocking 23:46 seconds, beating her previous record of 23:74 seconds. Her Feat yesterday came barely 24hours after she also won Gold in 400m at the same event in which she clocked 52: 57 seconds.
Sadly, though, the 22-year-old missed her target of becoming the first Malawian athlete to qualify for the Olympics on Merit by 46milliseconds.
Coach Pachisi Nyasulu was all praises for the athlete, saying: “Just like yesterday (Saturday 19 June 2021), it was a great performance from Asimenye, she did well, Unfortunately, she has missed the qualification by 46 milliseconds, but all is not lost as there reports of another qualification tournament in Nigeria before June 29th, which is the cut off point for qualifiers and were keeping our fingers crossed.”
Coach Nyasulu
“I am disappointed not to have qualified for Olympics. I hope I can have one more chance. I will remain positive. Otherwise, the solace is that I won gold twice which was not an easy feat considering that I was competing with the best on the continent”.
Said Simwaka
In March this year, Simwaka and male athlete Stern Lifa made History by becoming the first local athletes to qualify for African National Championships on Merit.
Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC) President Jappie Mhango said Simwaka has a bright future.
“If she won’t qualify for Olympics, then she will definetly make it to the Commonwealth Games. I have no doubt about that” he said.
Said Mhango