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Moim leads Kenya’s Malkia Strikers to historic victory in Japan

Moses Tanui after winning silver medal in Stuttgart in 1993. [IAAF]

History was written in Japan yesterday as the national women’s volleyball team, Malkia Strikers and African champions Cameroon registered their first ever victories at the World Volleyball Championship.

Experienced Kenyan captain Mercy Moim led by example scoring 24 points as the nine time African champions humiliated Kazakhstan, thrashing the Asian nation by straight sets (25-23, 25-22,25-21) in their opening Group D match at Hamamatsu Arena, Japan.

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