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Top seeds Sikoyo and Gupta carry Kenya's hopes in racket games

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Team Kenya badminton player Saumya Gupta in action during a training session on July 26, 2022 at National Exhibition Centre in West Midlands Birmingham, United Kingdom ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games between Thursday, 28 Jul 2022 - Mon, 8 Aug 2022 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. (Kelly Ayodi, Standard)

Kenya top seeds Sammy Sikoyo and Saumya Gupta will be carrying the nations' medal hopes in racket games when they kick off their Commonwealth Games debut today.

Badminton has always been one of the most exciting and highly anticipated sports at the Commonwealth Games.
Since its debut at the 1966 Commonwealth Games, badminton has been included in 14 consecutive editions.

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