Tanzania to field 10 in Beijing Olympics

Tanzania will send eight runners and two swimmers to Beijing to attend the 29th Olympic Games which are scheduled to open on Friday next week. The eight runners include Samson Ramadhani (marathon), Getuli Bayo (marathon), Msenduki Mohamed (marathon); Dickson Marwa (10,000meters), Samson Kwang'w (10,000 meters), Fabian Joseph (10,000 and 5,000 meters), Zakia Mrisho (5,000 meters), and Samwel Mwera (800 meters). The Beijing-bound swimmers are Magdalena Moshi and Khalid Rushaka. Tanzania's sport minister and the country's national Olympic committee officials will accompany the athletes and their coaches to Beijing. Tanzania first attended the 1964 summer Olympiad and has been attending each and every summer games except for the 1976 games which it joined other African countries to boycott due to apartheid in South Africa.