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Maureen George (born September 1 , 1955 ) is a former Field Hockey player from Zimbabwe , who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's Field Hockey Tournament: the hosting USSR team. A late request was send to the government of the African nation, which quickly assembled a team less than a week before the competition started. To everyone's surprise they won, claiming Zimbabwe's only medal in the 1980 Games. |
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