Minister’s son eyes Olympics
UPCOMING swimming sensation Joshua Mulenga says his dream is to one day qualify and represent Zambia at the prestigious Olympic Games.
S ea in in an interview a ter im ressin d rin the o rth Swimmin ea e ala at aobab School in sa a, len a said he has been wor in hard to achieve his oal o com etin at the lym ics or the A rican Swimmin on ederation ANA ames.
osh a, the son to inister o S orts, o th and hild evelo ment mman el len a, said he has dedicated an ho r every to train and develo .
he -year-old who swims or Ndola a ids Swimmin l b hailed his t tor athews Shone or hel in him to develo .
y coach has been really hel l beca se he has ot me this ar and now my tar et is
to go to the Olympics or CANA
cham ionshi s, the yo n osh a said.
He enco ra ed other yo n swimmers to wor hard and have hi h ambitions as they develo their swimmin careers. len a anno nced his arrival on the Zambian swimmin scene five years a o
when he broke the national
record at the a e o five d rin the Zambia Amate r Swimmin nion national a e ro ala at the Swimmin ool in sa a.
eanwhile, osh a s coach Shone is ho e l that Zambia will soon rod ce an lym ic swimmin cham ion.
Shone said swimmin has contin ed to develo as a s ort with a lot o comin swimmers determined to achieve reat thin s.
he t re o swimmin in Zambia is loo in reat so ar we have ot some excellent talents s ch as osh a and enaya bao, antastic swimmers who will do reat.
Honestly, swimmin years a o was not to the standards it is today, we have some lym iads ri ht now three or o r who co ld ali y or the lym ics now and in abo t five, six years the yo n ones now will be doin amazin thin s, Shone said.