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African Games: Okong'o, Akinyi bow out

Light heavyweight boxer Edwin Okong’o during the team's training session at Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani in Nairobi on August 6, 2019. Kenya is preparing ahead of the All African Games to be held in Rabat, Morocco from August 16-31, 2019. Photo/Stafford Ondego/www.sportpicha.com

Kenya Defence Forces light heavyweight (81kg) boxer Edwin Okong’o and national women lightweight champion Evelyn Akinyi bowed out of the 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco, on Wednesday.

Boxing Federation of Kenya sent a squad of 12 boxers (eight men and four women) to the continental bonanza.

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