Kenyan boxers lose to settle for bronze medals
Boxing
By
Omulo Okoth
| Sep 13, 2015
Boxers added two bronze medals to Kenya’s haul at the All Africa Games although Nick Okoth and Elly Ajowi lost their semi-final bouts at the Talangai Hall on Friday evening. Light weight Okoth lost to Algerian Reda Bendaziz on points while Ajowi lost on a third round technical knock out to Nigeria's Efe Tobor Apochi, ending boxers’ ambition at the Brazzaville Games.
Men’s beach volleyballers upset home team from Congo 2-0 to take third position in Group 4, while the women lost 1-2 to Nigeria and were in second position in their group. Women are still on course for a medal, going by their performance so far.
Male handballers lost 35-9 to Angola in another bad outing for the team only 24 hours after Kenya's women went down 42-12 to Angola.
Table tennis team won one game against Gabon 3-1, but lost 3-0 to Angola and 3-2 to Uganda in the women’s team event. The men lost to Ghana 3-0. John Gicaci, the team manager, said classification will be done on Saturday before doubles, singles and mixed doubles start next week.
In cycling, Kenya finished fifth in the men’s team time trial (25km) on Thursday, finishing in 2:29.21. South Africa won and were followed by Algeria, Rwanda, and Burkina Faso. Ethiopia, Libya, Egypt, Nigeria and Cote D’ivoire completed the top 10 positions.
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Judoka begin their competition today, with Collins Oloo in under-60 and Peterson Gathiru in under-66. The event will be at the Talangai Hall.
As a precursor for a possible good outing, their team manager Johnson Mwadime was awarded class B referee license, which is among the highest in the region.