Kenya Chases Olympic Dream

Aug 4 • General News, International • 1691 Views • Comments Off on Kenya Chases Olympic Dream

Rugby makes it return to the Olympics after a 92 year hiatus and as it so stands, Kenya will not miss out on the party, its men and women’s teams part of the history making bunch when they play in their respective categories.

The two teams have already made history by becoming the third team sport to represent Kenya at the Olympics after hockey and volleyball.

The Lionesses were invited to the Olympics after South Africa turned down their chance to play in Rio. They are in Pool B of the women’s competition with New Zealand, France and Spain. They will be first off the blocks as the women’s competition kicks off on Saturday 6 August.

Shujaa, the men’s team, left it late, really really late to gather Olympic qualification, beating Zimbabwe 21-19 in sudden death in a nerve wracking qualifier in Johannesburg in November 2015.

They have been pooled in Pool C at the Rio games together with New Zealand, Great Britain and Japan. They start their campaign on Tuesday 9 August.

Kenya Rugby Sevens Olympic Schedules
Women
Saturday 6 August 2016
New Zealand v Kenya 5.30pm
France v Kenya 10.30pm
Sunday 7 August 2016
Spain v Kenya 5.30pm

Men
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Great Britain v Kenya 5.30pm
New Zealand v Kenya 11.30pm
Wednesday 10 August 2016
Kenya v Japan 6.00pm