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Christine Ongare puts Olympic medal in crosshairs

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 Flyweight boxer Christine Ongare during the team's training session at Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani in Nairobi on August 6, 2019. [Photo/Stafford Ondego/www.sportpicha.com]

Christine Ongare, the Commonwealth Games flyweight bronze medalist, longs to go one better –win an Olympic medal next year in Tokyo, Japan.

Ongare said she wants to go down into annals of history as the first Kenyan female boxer to win a medal at the Olympic Games.

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