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The AFL Commission will meet on Tuesday night to debate one of the final acts of the Essendon supplements saga.Jobe Watson relieved the Commission of the onerous task of stripping him of the 2012 Brownlow Medal when he announced hed hand it back.I guess itll be something that eventually Ill move on from, but at the moment it hurts a bit, Watson told reporters on Monday.The 31-year-old was one of the 34 past and present players who were banned for the 2016 season for anti-doping code violations arising from the clubs ill-fated 2012 supplements program.He won the Brownlow ahead of Richmonds Trent Cotchin and Sam Mitchell - then with Hawthorn - who were tied for second.Watson gave his medal back and the Commission has to decide whether to leave the 2012 Brownlow winner blank or with an asterisk in record books or strike two new medals to give to Cotchin and Mitchell.The Commission is believed to be split on which course of action to take.Cotchin is on record as saying that he would accept the AFLs highest individual honour in the case of Watsons disqualification, while Mitchell hasnt made his thoughts on the issue public.Both were invited to make submissions to the Commission to establish a case for being awarded medals but they both declined, as did Watson, who said on Monday he didnt have an opinion on whether the pair should receive the honour.The 34 banned players have steadfastly maintained their innocence and Watson has been at pains to make it clear his decision had not been an admission of guilt.The Bombers released a statement soon after Watsons announcement, taking full responsibility for the situation and offering him an unreserved apology.Port Adelaide forward Angus Monfries told reporters he felt for his former teammate after he was allowed to speak to the media for the first time since he was suspended in January.As a friend of Jobes, Im shattered for him. 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Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. HARARE, Zimbabwe -- The African with the most Olympic medals is one of the great distance runners from Kenya or Ethiopia, right?Nope.Its a swimmer from Zimbabwe.Like Michael Phelps, Kirsty Coventry is going to the Olympics for the fifth and final time, and shes swimming for one more little slice of history in the Rio de Janeiro pool.Phelps has the all-time Olympic record with his medal haul of 22, but Coventry needs one more podium finish at her last Olympics to be the first female swimmer to win eight individual medals.Its not an arbitrary stat. It underlines how Coventry, from a southern African nation with very little Olympic success (apart from hers, that is) has done it all by herself. No help from relay teammates to boost that medal count.Zimbabwe has won eight medals in total at the Olympics, and seven of them have been provided by Coventry, the two-time gold medalist in the 200-meter backstroke. The countrys only other medal is a womens field hockey gold won during the boycotted 1980 Games in Moscow.Shes already Africas best at the Olympics. As for the other mark, Coventry is level on seven individual swimming medals with Hungarys Krisztina Egerszegi. Rio is the last chance to edge ahead of Egerszegi. Coventry is 32, on her way out, knows it, and can make light of it.Whos the swimmer to watch at the Rio Games?Me! she responded.Joking.In all seriousness the field of swimmers is so strong right now, its crazy, Coventry wrote in an email exchange. I remember saying how strong it was in London (in 2012), but Rio will be even more so.Of them all, Coventry rates Americans Camille Adams and Katie Ledecky highest.Camille Adams ... she will get you out of your chairs when she is racing. And then there is Katie Ledecky. She will blow your mind. They are the whole package: hard working, competitive, confident, talented, beautiful and filled with positive energy and kindness.Coventrys been pretty good, too, basically representing her country at the Olympics single-handedly over the last 16 years, and ending up with more Olympic medals than any other African athlete. In the pool, too, not on the running track, normally the most fertile ground for African athletes.Making the Olympic team is a huge accomplishment, going to five Olympics is incredible, she wrote. But winning this number of medals in a sport that is not strong in Africa is unbelievabble.ddddddddddddLike Phelps, she made her Olympic debut as a teenager in Sydney in 2000. And theyll finish at the same time. In Rio, Coventry will focus on her favorite race and the one thats brought her two Olympic golds, the 200 backstroke. Shes also qualified in the 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley.Is there one more medal in there somewhere? Itll be tough. She didnt manage to get on the podium in London four years ago.Coventry grew up around swimming and the Olympics. She remembers watching the 92 Games in Barcelona on TV and telling her parents she wanted to go to the Olympics. She went to the Sydney Olympics while still at high school. She broke through in Athens with the first of her back-to-back Olympic titles. She went to Auburn University in Alabama, winning NCAA swimming championships while she studied. She was desperately grateful for an Olympic scholarship that helped her prepare for Beijing. She also broke the world records in the 100 and the 200 backstroke.Makes sense, then, that she stays around sport and the Olympic movement. Coventry is now a member of the International Olympic Committee and serves on the IOC and World Anti-Doping Agencys athletes commissions. She has clear opinions on the big issues affecting the Olympics right now.On the Russian doping scandal, Coventry said: This is a huge embarrassment for Russia and the Russian authorities are responsible ... there is a higher level of dishonesty at play. This is a warning to any country, coach, parent and athlete that is doping or considering doping: it does not matter who you are and it may not happen today, but you will get caught, and you will become an embarrassment to your friends and family.And on the Zika virus and the problems it has presented for the Rio Olympics, Coventry said she never once considered skipping the games. Brazil are going to put on a great show. Its going to be an awesome Olympics with some outstanding performances and I cant wait to get there.Onto the last Olympics for Africas best Olympian and, ideally, one last medal. But if not, no big deal.Its always been about a desire to make the Olympic team and represent my country, Coventry said.---Follow the Rio de Janeiro Games at http://www.summergames.ap.org/ ' ' '