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Tae Kwon Do: Ogallo aims to change Kenyan sporting terrain

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Faith Ogolla demonstrates her Tae Kwon Do skills. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Faith Ogallo loves nature just as she loves sports. Her long and winding journey has taken her through two major disciplines before she finally found acceptance in Tae Kwon Do, a Korean martial art that fosters the right mind through mental armament.

The 27-year-old is set to get into the annals of history as only the second woman to fly the Kenyan flag at the Olympics in this discipline.

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