Zimbabwe team sports out of 2008 Olympic Games

在北京奥运会女子曲棍球非洲地区资格赛上，津巴布韦接连负于奈洛比和肯尼亚，痛失参加此项比赛的奥运会入场券，也因此津巴布韦将不会在明年的北京奥运会上参加任何团体项目的比赛。

women's hockey

Zimbabwe will not be represented in any of the team sports at next year's Olympic Games after the national women's hockey side ended the African Zone qualifying tournament winless in Nairobi, Kenya, at the weekend, The Herald¹ reported on Tuesday.

The Zimbabwe women's side found the going tough at the week-long tournament where they only managed to score one goal and conceded 14 in four matches against hosts Kenya, Namibia, South Africa and Ghana.

The women's Olympic Games qualifying tournament was held simultaneously² with the men's competition in Nairobi.

Zimbabwe was not represented in the men's qualifiers after the Hockey Association of Zimbabwe failed to raise enough money to send a team.

The Zimbabwe women's team was only able to travel to Nairobi after they received some financial assistance from the Olympic Solidarity³ through the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee.

The failure by the team to make the grade at the Nairobi tournament will leave Zimbabwe without a representative side in any of the team sports during next year's Olympic Games in Beijing.

Vocabulary:

African Zone qualifying tournament：非洲地区资格赛