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Gicharu Benson punched out of the Olympics

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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