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Lesotho at the Commonwealth Games

Lesotho is a mountainous landlocked Kingdom surrounded entirely by South Africa.

Trivia

• Lesotho became members of the Commonwealth in 1966, and made their debut in the 1974 Commonwealth Games which were held in Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Since that debut, they have taken part in every Games apart from Brisbane in 1982.
• Lesotho won its first-ever medal in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 taking the gold in the men's marathon whilst a boxing silver in Manchester was the highlight of the 2002 Games for them.

Related Pages

• List of all Countries from the Commonwealth Games
• About Sport in Lesotho

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