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Beach volleyball: No time to rest as team hunts for Tokyo tickets

Praxides Agallu (left) and team-mate Medrine Wabwire (right) take a break jointly with Phosca Kasisi (centre), who has been appointed as the captain of the Kenya Beach Volleyball team, during a training session ahead of the Africa Qualifying Sub-Zonal 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Qualifier which will be held in Tanzania early this month, January 02, 2020. The tournament starts on January 07, 2020 in Dar. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

National women beach volleyball team captain Phosca Kasisi will lead the squad in search of a ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the second phase of the African qualifiers, in Nigeria.

The team leaves tomorrow ahead of the qualifiers that begin on Thursday to Saturday at Jabi Lake in Abuja, where the top two teams will qualify for the third and final phase to pick African representatives for the Summer games.

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