K. Coventry has given the games on NBC an odd twist. With their usual condescension to foreigners, the commentators were slow to recognize her greatness, but after a while it becomes too much to ignore . . .
Black Zimbabweans mob her back "home," and she "unifies" the public behind her, the white girl who still wears the flag, even after the government made itself into a sad joke. Upsets the normal range of responses for African atheletes . . . Is Coventry African? Did she vote? A well-chosen statement would mean a lot right now . . .
Come on, do it, Coventry!
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