Kenyan participants at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia failed to shine in the day one of the championships that kicked off tonight.
The Kenyan athletes failed to reach any medal prospects. In women’s triathlon, Hanifa Said was 23rd overall out of 24.
The triathlon was made up of swimming, biking and running, with Bermuda’s Flora Duffy winning the gold medal.
Eunice Mbugua bowed out of Lawn Bawl in the second round of Section C. After Catherine Wimp of Papua New Guinea 21-15, she lost 21-7 to Norfolk Island’s Carmen Anderson.
Steven Maina failed to progress into semifinal of 50m Butterfly swimming despite winning Heat Three when he posted a low time of 26.02.
He tried his luck in the 100m backstroke but finished last after posting 1:01.65 in a race won by home boy Mitch Larkin.
Another Kenyan swimmer Issa Mohammed finished sixth in Heat Four of the 50m butterfly with Northern Ireland’s David Thompson winning.
All Kenyan squash players Hardeep Reel and Khaliiga Nimji lost their places to St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Othniel Bailey and Nikki Todd in men’s singles 3-2 and 3-0 respectively.
Benjamin Ochoma finished last in the final of the men’s 56 kg after lifting a combined mean total of 138 with a total of 62 at the snatch and 76 at the clean and jerk. Malaysia’s Muhammed Azroy won gold.
In the men’s 60kg boxing, Nicholas Okoth lost to Trinidad and Tobago’s Michael Alexander via a unanimous decision after all the five judges handed 10 points to the Trinidadian.
Tomorrow, Kenya will have three of its boxers in action. Elly Ochollah will face Scott Forrest of Scotland in the 91kg round of 16 while Shaffi Hassan will be up against Namibia’s Matias Humunyela in the 46-49kgs round of 16.
Edwin Oduor will also be in action, taking on Tanzania’s Selemani Kidunda in the men’s 75kg round of 32
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