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Gicharu keen to break gold medal jinx in London

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Flyweight boxer Benson Gicharu will be striving to replicate Robert Wangila’s fete in 1988 Seoul Olympics.

The police boxer is determined to break the gold medal jinx at the forthcoming Olympics, which start in London on July 27.

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