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After Group Kenya’s delegation record to the Paris 2024 Olympics was unveiled, right here is the way it compares to regional rivals Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.
The Nationwide Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOC-Ok) lastly made public Group Kenya’s delegation to the Paris Olympics following a push by Kenyans over the previous few weeks.
Group Kenya will take a delegation of 160 to Paris however of these, solely 81 shall be athletes. Coaches, physios and staff managers will whole to 43, three referees, 5 members of the Olympic household, 26 administration staff and three heads of delegation.
Of the 81 athletes, monitor and subject has the largest delegation, totaling 46, adopted by ladies’s volleyball (16), rugby sevens (15) with two swimmers and as many judokas and one from fencing.
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The whole 160-man Kenyan delegation for the 2024 Paris Olympic video games:
Kenya has the largest delegation from East Africa as none of their regional counterparts comes shut.
Heading to the Paris Olympics, Pulse Sports activities particulars how the opposite East African nations evaluate.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia has the second highest Olympics delegation from East Africa which maybe explains why they’re the second most profitable nation on the Video games after Kenya.
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African Video games bronze medallist Vivian Chebet is eager to proper the wrongs of the previous on the Olympics as she groups up with Mary Moraa and Lilian Odira in hunt for 800m gold.
The Ethiopians are taking a 33-member athletes’ delegation to Paris which is made up of monitor and subject stars.
Veteran Kenenisa Bekele, world marathon file holder Tigst Assefa are a number of the massive names in Group Ethiopia to Paris though there have been hue and cry over the exclusion of different notable athletes comparable to Tsigie Gebreselama, Sutume Assefa and Yomif Kejelcha.
Uganda
Uganda shall be represented by a complete of 25 athletes, with 21 from athletics, a feminine rower, a male bicycle owner and two swimmers.
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Jacob Krop has despatched a stark warning to Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Joshua Cheptegei, and different 5000m certain athletes after securing a ticket to the Olympic Video games, following his relentless run on the Kenyan Olympic trials.
It’s in athletes the place Group Uganda wish to win medals with 5,000m defending champion Joshua Cheptegei and Peruth Chemutai, the three,000m steeplechase Olympic champion, seeking to retain their titles.
There’s additionally nice hope in Jacob Kiplimo, the Olympic 10,00m bronze medallist, who lately received the World Cross Nation title.
Tanzania
Tanzania could have a delegation of simply eight athletes on the Paris Video games, after being supplied 4 wild card entries by the Worldwide Olympics Committee.
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Tanzania’s Alphonce Simbu showcased exceptional endurance securing a podium end and interrupting Kenya’s dominance on the Daegu Marathon.
Solely 4 runners, Alphonse Simbu, Gabriel Gae, Magdalena Shauri and Jackline Sakilu certified for the Olympics, and they are going to be joined by boxer Yusuph Changalawe, judoka Andre Mulungu, swimmers Collins Saliboko and Sophia Latiff.
Rwanda
Like Tanzania, Rwanda can also be taking eight athletes to the Video games, being 5 ladies and three males in biking, athletics, swimming, and fencing. Group Rwanda has been is tenting in French city Courbevoie forward of the Video games.
