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DREAM ENDS IN RIO: Unlucky Nzungi fails to go past heats in men’s 200m T12

Category T12 winner Henry Nzungi lead other competitors during the National Team Selection for 11th Edition All Africa Games and 2015 IPC Athletics world championships at Nyayo National Stadium on Wednesday, Aug 5, 2015. PHOTO/ JONAH ONYANGO.

Unlucky Henry Mwendo Nzungi failed to go past the heat stages in the hotly contested men’s 200m T12 category at the Paralympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Despite the contest giving a lifeline to four best losers for a semi finals berth, Nzungi still failed to make it after he clocked 23.16 in the race held at the Olympics Stadium on Friday night.

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