Rugby: Lionesses hunt down, bag 2020 Olympic Games slot

New Zealand's Theresa Fitzpatrick (R) leaps over Kenya's defenders to score a try in their women's rugby sevens match at the Robina Stadium at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast on April 13, 2018. / AFP PHOTO

The Kenya national women’s rugby Sevens team, Lionesses, became the eighth team to book a slot at the 2020 Olympic Games after reaching the final at the Africa Sevens-cum-Olympic qualifiers in Tunisia on Sunday. 

South Africa’s qualification for the final at the continental showpiece meant that Lionesses will be Africa’s flag-bearers in Tokyo, Japan  next year since the South African Sports Confederation and Olympics Committee decided not to send their team to the summer games even if they won the regional qualifiers.