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weightlifting: Winny Langat ready to lift Kenya to greater heights

By Ochieng Oyugi | 5yrs ago

2015 All Africa Games triple silver Winny Langat training at Alphafit gym in Nairobi on Thursday, July 30, 2020. [Jonah Onyango, The Standard]

Triple Africa silver medallist Winny Chepng’eno Langat will lead other nine Kenyans at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers that start in Nairobi today.

The 33-year-old mother of one believes the moment has come for her to break the glass ceiling and win a gold medal in women’s 59kg category.

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