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False start for Kenyans, Ongare and Akinyi knocked out in Russia

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Bronze medallists Kenya's Christine Ongare (L) and Australia's Taylah Robertson pose with their medals during the medal ceremony for the women's 51kg boxing event during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Oxenford Studios venue on the Gold Coast on April 14, 2018. [AFP PHOTO, Anthony Wallace]

Commonwealth Games flyweight bronze medalist Christine Ongare and national bantamweight champion Elizabeth Akinyi have been knocked out of the on-going Konstantin Korotkov Memorial International Boxing Championships after losing their opening bouts in Khabarovsk, Russia yesterday.

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