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The Special Olympics Lesotho has selected two soccer teams made up of
mentally disabled youth from Leribe and Mafeteng as national teams that will
represent Lesotho at the African Special Olympics games to be held in
Namibia in November.
The two teams were selected during the national special Olympic games which
were held at Setsoto Stadium last weekend where the Leribe team won a gold
medal in the boys division and the Mafeteng team on the other hand won a
gold medal in the girls division, and therefore qualified for selection to
the national teams.
At the same games, a team of two girls: Violet Makhele
of Maseru and Rethabile Thamae of Mohale's Hoek, and two boys: Keketso Manyo
of Maseru and Tebalo Komane of Mafeteng, were also selected for
participation in Individual Skills Competitions which will also take place
in Namibia as part of the African Special Olympic Games. The four players
qualified for selection to the team after revealing their best abilities in
dribbling, shooting and run and kick categories of individual skills games.
The African Special Olympic Games will take place in
Namibia from November
11 to 15, 2002 and the Lesotho delegation to the games will be led by Mrs.
Mampai Mohatle from Mohale's Hoek . The national games were organised by the
Special Olympic Lesotho.
23 September
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