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Cosby, Odhiambo dropped from Olympics 2020 squad

Middleweight boxer George Cosby [Photo/Stafford Ondego/www.sportpicha.com]

African Games bronze middleweight medallist George Cosby of Kenya Police and Victor Odhiambo of Kenya Defence Forces were yesterday dropped from the national team headed to Dakar, Senegal for the African Olympic qualifiers.

Head coach Musa Benjamin said dropping the duo was a tough decision reached by a panel of five coaches who oversaw the playing unit’s two-week high altitude residential training camp in Nanyuki.

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