Zambia is celebrating a momentous achievement as Muzala Samukonga, a 21-year-old sprinter, won a bronze medal in the Men’s 400 meters race at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics. By competing against the world’s finest athletes in the most esteemed global sporting event, Muzala has elevated Zambia’s national flag and brought immense pride to his motherland.
Samukonga’s remarkable performance saw him finish third with a time of 43.74 seconds, setting a new national record. This achievement marks Zambia’s first Olympic medal since 1996, a historic milestone that has sparked nationwide celebrations.
President Hakainde Hichilema extended his warmest and most profound congratulations to Samukonga, emphasizing the pride and joy his accomplishment has brought to the nation. “Muzala’s dedication and hard work are a testament to his remarkable achievement,” President Hichilema stated. “Zambia celebrates your triumph, Muzala – we are truly proud of you.”
This incredible achievement has united the nation in joy and pride. Samukonga’s success at the Paris Olympics is not just a personal victory but a triumph for the entire country, showcasing the potential and talent of Zambian athletes on the global stage.
Congratulations to Muzala Samukonga for his historic performance and for bringing home a bronze medal, making Zambia proud and inspiring future generations of athletes.
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE FOR OUR YOUTH WITH PROPER ENGAGEMENT AND RESOURSES.
ELIAS MPONDELA KUWAYAWAYAFRE. ZAAA NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED. ALSO WHY WAS DICKSON JERE IN PARIS AS AN OFFICIAL. PAY ATHLETES NOT OFFICIALS!!!
CONGRATULATIONS MUZALA.
Pa Shinde August 7, 2024 At 11:41 pm
REPOST from yesterday because I was down-voted obviously by a Fumbling FAZ fan:
He has come in third for a bronze. We should still celebrate this boy! Like Samuel Matete this kind of talent is rare so we need to nurture him to a gold medal at the next Olympics.
Can football loving sports Ministry help this boy the way they help Kamanga when he misfires with his European coaches? I am very sure Muzala will be World 400 metres champion very soon
Congrats to him. He has potential to be a world champion. If he trains with the worlds best coaches and the best facilities he will get there. He should find a good college with a good athletics program and train with world champions
He is already the best runner at 400m in the world. Everybody else in the field was on performance enhancing drugs. The Americans, Australians and the French are the worst ones according to WADA (World Anti-Doping Association). More than 2/3 of all the American athletes have asthma. As a result, they have been granted Therapeutic Use Exceptions (TUEs) which allow them to take medicines which boost their oxygen intake. The Russians applied for the same TUEs, and 85% of their athletes were denied. The Olympics are nothing a bullsh1t exercise in white supremacy. Nevertheless, congratulations to Muzala
He’s got only a few months The World Athletics Championships will be in 2025
Well done sonny
The percentage of Americans athletes who have asthma is more than 65% https://www.sportsintegrityinitiative.com/us-australia-appear-to-lead-world-in-approved-tues/. The occurrence of asthma in the general American population is 7.7% . The percentage of athletes in any country who have asthma should a tiny fraction of the percentage of asthma in the general population because by definition, people who have asthma would have difficulty of winning and becoming the best athletes of any country…
The race is not for the swift but those who endure.
Congratulations Samukonga!
Now this is very good news for the country. Not everytime, J J this,Edgar that ma rubbish chabe.
Congratulations to you, Muzala! You have proved yourself as a real athlete. Keep up with your God – given talent. Proud of you and your achievements!
By the way this win can not be termed HISTORICAL. Matete won a SILVER at same games.
Samuel Matete was a 400m hurdler. Muzala Samukonga runs the 400m flat. Two different events. Samukonga’s win is historic
Kikikikiki! Our reporters are devoid of research. They just throw anything at us perhaps because we are not critical. However, I think it could be historical in the sense that we have had a 28 year drought since our last medal (silver as you say from Matete). Also it is our second bronze medal after boxer Keith Mwila in 1984 LA.
Iwe we are talking about the medal not the event. The problem with you people you look at certain things for to appreciate an achievement. We have been winning bronze medals in different fields but of course you will decide which one appreciate.
As a Zambian I’m happy we came back with something regardless of whether the young man is my friend or not.
Originally Matete was a 400 metres flat runner. He was reluctantly dragged into the hurdles which he hated but he excelled and became the first African World Champion of the event. The two races arent that different. Only that one has hurdles
Twa sakwila chikuma ba Muzala. You make all of British North Western Rhodesia proud.
No thank you. I come from the area in question, and I reject your allusion to colonialism. I would rather be Zambian than honour anything the murderous and larcenous English every incepted. However, even if Zambia were to be split according to the boundaries before 1913, I would vehemently reject any any name that invoked the the legacy of England in our country. To hell with the damn English. I hate them
But you are writing in English, yet you hate everything that evokes the legacy of England in our country? They imposed that language on us, for hell’s sake! And you like the English Premier League I presume? That boundary was the original!
Iwe anonymous why do you want to tribalise sport? You tribalists want to pop up everywhere. Ulibe vochita? Very soon you will be claiming that the man who put up roadsigns on the Great North Road was from Northwest so the road is yours.
Muzala like modern day citizens doesn’t belong to one tribe. He is a Fred Mmembe. His mother is from Eastern province.
Congratulations! To turn the bronze to silver or gold at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, Muzala needs to strengthen up his legs further. One can notice that in the last 100m of the race or so, he reaches him speed limit (ula jinka in Tonga). His legs seem to almost buckle in as he tries harder. Many congratulations all the same.
His problem is that everyone else in the field is on steroids. In terms of natural talent, he is number 1
Did you watch him in the semis? I thought he run a very tactical race. I also thought he was reserving his energy for the final. Thats why Ive been asking who is his coach so I can understand theb strategy
His coach is Kezzia Nyambe. He must move to the US where Matete was. Mpondela should leave athletes to run their own affairs
Cabwino kwambiri
Great work!!
Congratulations! So proud of young athlete and his pure dedication to bring medal for Zambia!
Congrats Muzala… we were celebrating your achievement in our house.
But shocking is why as a country we can’t seem to produce athletes and especially runners and send them to the Olympics. Surely the likes of Botswana and Zimbabwe can’t have more and better talents than us, but they are sending many more athletes to represent them than us. There should be many Muzalas out there if we just stop this lazy mindset. C’mon now!
The answer is very much in the open. ZAAA like FAZ have no leadership. How can you have Mpondela at the helm for 30 years doing nothing? Just like how can FAZ have Kamanga who never wins anything?
Not bad for a country where there’s so much disorganisation in just about every walk of life. The wooden spoon is all we deserve.
How can you have Mpondela at the helm for 30 years doing nothing? Just like how can FAZ have Kamanga who never wins anything?
I have never seen a public broadcaster like ZNBC, imagine ZNBC TV news at 19hrs showing Samukonga receiving his medal then cutting off the flag hoisting when the Zambian flag goes up, I am not sure if it is ignorance but this channel is something up. The Zambian flag going up at the Olympics which is just a 2 minutes thing and you cut it off. Smh
Tulo ba DeadNBC tulo!
The man won a medal with no help whatsoever from ZAAA which seems to have become mpondela’s personal to holder so that he can continue chewing from there as well as sending his children as athletes abroad in order for them also to benefit. Imagine if ZAAA can nurture such talent we would be having so many athletes winning medals.
ZAAA should be banned. It’s just Mpondela’s money making machine
Maybe the government is not aware of the existence of the ZAAA? FAZ has changed office bearers, government has changed presidents but Elias Mpondela seems invisible and invincible…why?