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Christine Ongare saves Kenya blushes at the World Boxing Championships

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Christine Ongare (red) of Team Kenya competes against Priyanka Dhillon (blue) of Team Canada during the Women's Boxing Over 45kg-48kg Minimum-weight Quarter-Final in 2022 Commonwealth Games. [Kelly Ayodi, Standard]

At last, former Commonwealth Games flyweight bronze medallist Christine Ongare has done it!

As she did it during the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia when she won Kenya's bronze medal then, Ongare saved Kenya's blushes at the 13th World Women Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India when she registered Kenya's second victory in the tournament's history.

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