By Omulo Okoth
An angry roar of disapproval greeted the loss of flyweight Benson Gicharu Njangiru, the first Kenyan to participate in this Olympics, after judges declared Egyptian Hesham Abdelaal 19-16 winner of the bout at a packed Excel Centre, yesterday.
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