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  • Moraa powers relay team to third place

    Moraa powers relay team to third place

    World 800 meters champion Mary Moraa was influential in Kenya’s third place finish in the 4by400m mixed relay at the ongoing African Games in Accra, Ghana.

    In a race comprising David Sanayek, Mourine Thomas and Kennedy Kimeu, Moraa took over the baton to clock a time of 3:18.03, behind a Nigerian team that clinched gold with a new African record of 3:13.26, followed closely by the Botswana side that finished in the runners up position, clocking a time of 3:13.99.

    Moraa had earlier secured her spot in the final of the 400m after clocking a time of 51.55 in the semi-finals. Meanwhile, Edwin Kimutai and US-based Winnie Bii secured silver medals in decathlon and triple jump respectively.

    Bii won silver in triple jump after covering 13.64m behind Nigeria’s Ruth Usoro. Senegal completed the podium in third after posting 13.60m. In the decathlon, Kimutai punched above his weight to finish second behind Algeria’s Dhiae Cherif (7550 points).

    Egyptian Mahmoud Taher Abdelaim wrapped the top three positions after garnering 6643 points.

  • African Games: Musangi wins Kenya bronze medal

    African Games: Musangi wins Kenya bronze medal

    Jully Musangi has won Kenya a bronze medal in the women’s under 73kgs Taekwondo category at the African Games currently underway in Ghana.

    Musangi guaranteed her position in the semi-finals, after toppling Luzia of Mozambique in the quarter-finals.

    This marks the second time Kenya won bronze; this was after Faith Ogalla won the first in the heavyweight female + 73kg category.

    In weightlifting, Esther Khavetsa won the first bronze in the 45kg while Juliana Anyango, competing in the 81kg category, bagged three bronze after lifting 73kg in snatch and 92kg in clean and jerk, totaling 165kg.

    In the boxing category Amina Martha floored Botswana’s Phekie Bele in the bantamweight quarter-finals to safeguard a spot in the semi-finals.

    She will take on Nigeria’s Shurukat Kareem, and whether she triumphs or loses, she is guaranteed to walk home with a medal.

    Kenya has now won nine medals at the African Games; one silver and eight bronze, with weightlifting bringing the lion’s share of five, while taekwondo has two.