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Obiero lifts three medals

Kenya’s successful hunt for medals in these All Africa Games continued on Thursday with Mercy Obiero bagging three bronze medals in weight lifting event at the Onano Hall.

Obiero, who finished seventh in the 2012 London Olympics, came third behind Egyptian and Nigerian lifters in the 69kg category. She did 70kg in snatch and 100 in clean and jerk and a total of 170kg. She was third in all the three categories, hence the three bronze medals that added to the women’s doubles badminton bronze won on Wednesday.

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