
The Summer Olympic Games have come and gone; what remains is a post-mortem exercise to determine what went wrong for the Botswana team that failed to win a single medal. The country had arguably the most promising team ever to be sent to the Olympics yet results did not come forth. Despite criticism towards the team Botswana National Olympics Committee (BNOC) officials and even the Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture Thapelo Olopeng have praised them. BNOC Chief executive Officer Tuelo Serufho said on Thursday that even though the team did not bring home a medal it had performed very well. Serufho said that some set new personal and national records is a sign that the athletes performed to the best of their abilities. “I am very proud of the performance of the team. Even though we did not bring medals home they have performed very well and they need to be commended for the commitment,” said Serufho. What went wrong? The team had been given a target of surpassing the London 2012 Olympics achievement of one medal by winning medals in 400m, 800m and the 4 by 400m relay. However all did not go well. When addressing the media…