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    Kenya’s Malkia Strikers to Make Triumphant Return to Olympics After 16-year Absence.

    Okaya ElayneBy Okaya ElayneJanuary 9, 202002 Mins Read
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    Malkia Strikers and officials celebrate their win over Cameroon in an Olympic qualifier match played on January 7 in Yaounde, Cameroon/Photo/ Courtesy
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    Kenya’s female volleyball side, the Malkia Strikers, are slated to make a triumphant return to the Olympics following a long, cold 16-year absence. They secured their place at the 2020 Summer Games after trouncing Nigeria in three sets, 25-15, 25-21 and 25-12 in Yaoundé, Cameroon on Thursday evening.

    The Kenyan team last qualified for the Olympics in 2004 and needed the win against Nigeria to clinch the single available spot for Africa and one of only twelve team slots at the women’s volleyball games in Tokyo.

    The final win marks an end to their stellar performance in Yaoundé, where they have won all their games against Egypt, Botswana and arch-rivals, Cameroon- Africa’s flagbearer at the last Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

    The team featured exceptional talent such as Kenya Pipeline’s Sharon Chepchumba, who was named Africa’s best attacker at the Africa Women’s Club Volleyball Championships held in Egypt in March 2019. Just three years ago, she was named the Most Valuable Player at the Kenya national and East Africa secondary school games.

    Kenya now joins seven other teams (Japan, United States, Brazil, China, Russia, Italy and Serbia) to have qualified so far. Four more slots remain to be filled from Asia, North America, South America and Europe: The winners will be determined by various qualifier games currently underway until 12th January 2020.

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    Okaya Elayne

    Elayne is a Nairobi-based writer, editor, media producer and a democracy & governance expert. She is currently News Central's Bureau Chief for Eastern Africa.

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