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Triumphant Shujaa return home to hero's welcome

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Kenya Sevens head coach Kevin Wambua and players celebrate with their medals at JKIA upon arrival in the Country from Zimbabwe on September 18, 2023. The Kenya national rugby sevens team qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

National Sevens rugby team, Shujaa, jetted home to a heroic reception at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Monday night after their exploits at the Rugby Africa Sevens Cup in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Just when almost everyone had given up on the team, the new-look tactical, energetic and youthful side restored Kenya's lost glory to reclaim the continental title they last won in 2019.

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