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Kenya women's volleyball team Malkia Strikers beat Cameroon to inch closer to 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

Malkia Strikers celebrate a point against Brazil during their World Cup match in Hamamatsu, Japan on September 18,2019. [FIVB]

Kenya women's volleyball team Malkia Strikers are inching closer to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after edging out the hosts Cameroon 3-2 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

In their match against Cameroon, who bidding for their second consecutive Olympic appearance after finishing 11th at Rio 2016, Kenya took the first set 25-16, before the hosts turned their guns in the second set to win 25-23.

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