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	Podcast:		Sporting Witness
	Episode:		The Golden Girls of Zimbabwe
	Category:		Sports & Recreation
	Duration:		00:08:59
	Publish Date:		2022-11-10 10:00:00
	Description:		In 1980, the newly independent nation of Zimbabwe was invited to enter a women's hockey team at the Olympic Games in Moscow. Despite their unfamiliarity with the pitches - and each other - the players won an unexpected gold medal and were nicknamed the Golden Girls. In 2016, Claire Bowes talked to Liz Chase, one of the victorious Zimbabweans. (Photo: Zimbabwe's women's hockey team display their gold medals. Credit: Patricia McKillop via Alamy)
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