Former Africa bronze medalist Christine Ongare has been eliminated from the ongoing IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India.
The former Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Ongare fell to Turkey’s Erivan Barut in the pre-quarters at the Jadhav Indoor Hall today in the minimum-weight encounter.
Hit Squad coach Benjamin Musa termed the referee’s decision as ridiculous while Ongare claimed said she was robbed in broad daylight.
Barut will now flex muscles with Tokyo Olympian Yasmine Mouttaki, who beat Marta Lopez of Spain to claim a resounding 4-0 victory.
It was another painful exit for the Kenyans with 10 boxers having already booked early flights. Hit Squad captain Liz Andiego now shoulders all the hopes of an anxious nation, that fears a replication of past heartbreaks where all the boxers returned empty-handed.
Andiego, who got a bye in the preliminaries, will battle Fariza Shotley of Kazakhstan in the light heavyweight division on tomorrow.