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BOXERS’ MISSED CHANCES: For the first time, Kenyans fall short of glory at Olympic Games

Mohammed Rabii,Rayton Nduku Okwiri Morocco's Mohammed Rabii, left, fights Kenya's Rayton Nduku Okwiri during a men's welterweight 69-kg preliminary boxing match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016.

Having shone in past Olympic Games and other world championships, Kenyan boxers failed to win a medal during this year’s Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, in August.

Boxing Association of Kenya (BAK) sent three boxers to the Rio games and none of them qualified for the medal brackets.

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