Lovemore Dube, [email protected]
ZIMBABWE’S 100 and 200m representative at the Ghana Athletics African Senior Championships Methembe Tshuma, is eyeing facilities in neighbouring countries in order for him to prepare for his return.
He is back at training following a horrific injury in Ghana in May, when he broke his femur.
“We are giving it our best for now. We are taking it step by step, preparing for next season,” said Tshuma, who is back at training with his Fastlane Crew members.
Tshuma bemoaned the lack of sponsorship to aid his return.
“The challenge for now is that I don’t have money to go out of the country to train. Our facility is not that good,” referring to the hard track at Sobukhazi where Fastlane Crew trains.
He believes that in South Africa and Botswana, where he has previously set base, he can do better ahead of the season.
“I was hoping that if I go to South Africa or Botswana for a training camp for one or two months, I will be okay. For now I am training at the gym. I need money for transport to town and also supplements to help toward my recovery,” said Tshuma.
Tshuma represents the future. If he fully recovers, he may be part of the 4x100m relay teams of the future.
He is looking forward to a return to the track but will not rush himself and says he may take to the track later next year.
“I will not rush to the track; I need full recovery. My aim is to be fully recovered for the Olympic year, 2028,” said Tshuma at his gym.
Tshuma is back in the gym and has been to his Sobukhazi High School track base.
But he has found the surface rough and may affect his recuperation, hence his desire to try Botswana and South Africa.
In a season in which his talent promised so much with being part of the mixed 4x100m relay team which set a national record, was third best Zimbabwean in the 100m with a time of 20.26 seconds.
This is the 63rd-best time of 2026.
In the 100m, his 10.22 seconds was the third best among Zimbabweans and 344th in the world. His world came crumbling in the middle of the season when a false start call had him land awkwardly on the track in Accra’s University of Ghana Stadium.
Hopes were high that he would, after the African Championships, move to Europe for a couple of races, as did his Zimbabwe athletics teammates Leeford Zuze, Dennis Hove and Thandazani Ndhlovu.
