The 27-year-old backstroke specialist, unlike other celebrities hardly tweets, but when she does it’s about things that are close to her heart.Coventry is back at her Johannesburg base after visiting United Kingdom and the US where she gave motivational speeches to young swimmers among other things.
“First real practice of the Year. 12km in the pool and 1 hour in the gym — time to eat and sleep!!! Holidays are over….,” Coventry tweeted.“Finally in Johannesburg. It took two hours to find a missing bag,” she had tweeted earlier via her iphone.
Coventry also reveals her love for the Zimbabwe stone sculpture and how “nice” it was to see the collection at Atlanta Airport yet again. She posted the pictures of the stone collection, which debuted, at the airport in 2001.
“Nice to see the Zimbabwe Stone Carving Collection at the Atlanta Airport again,” she tweeted on her way to Johannesburg. She also tweets about her love for the local traditional dish – sadza.
“Having a braai (barbecue), with sadza (local maize meal dish) and a couple of friends before going to The States for a few weeks. I love sadza!” she tweeted before her visit to the US.
During the festive season the Olympic gold medalist and world record-holder achieved her ambition of visiting namesake Coventry city in the United Kingdom.
She took time out of her busy schedule to tour the host city for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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She met council leaders and stayed at the Ricoh Arena, which will host Olympic football during London 2012.
It was not the first time Coventry had planned a trip to the city.
“I was due to come here when I was a teenager but dislocated my knee playing hockey a couple of weeks before so I couldn’t come. My team mates brought me a swimsuit back with the Coventry crest on it, which was great,” she tweeted.
“I have swum in Manchester before but the itinerary did not let me take enough time out, so while I was over here this time I wanted to be certain to visit.
“It has been great. I visited the 50-metre pool and had a tour of the Ricoh Arena.
“It is obviously a city which has a great sporting and Olympic heritage and they made me feel very welcome indeed.”
Coventry carries the hopes of Zimbabwe at the Olympic Games.
