Rwanda suffer Mutesi injury blow

FIDELE Leon Mutesi is a doubt for next week’s FIVB Zonal beach volleyball tournament in Mombasa.The player injured his arm while training a few weeks ago and remains a serious doubt for the tournament.“We have until the end of the week to determine whether he will be fit for the tournament or not,” Rwanda’s beach volleyball coach Alexis Mbaraga said.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

FIDELE Leon Mutesi is a doubt for next week’s FIVB Zonal beach volleyball tournament in Mombasa.

The player injured his arm while training a few weeks ago and remains a serious doubt for the tournament.

"We have until the end of the week to determine whether he will be fit for the tournament or not,” Rwanda’s beach volleyball coach Alexis Mbaraga said.

Mutesi is expected to partner Marchal Pierre Kwizera while Fabien Ndamukunda will pair up with Jean Luc Mbonyuwontuma

Emiliene Uwineza together with Jeanette Niyigena and the pair of Charlotte Nzayisenga and Judith Hakizimana compete in the ladies’ category.

Other countries to take part include Kenya, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

The winner from this zone will go on to face different zonal winners before determining the continental champion who will earn a slot to the 2012 London Olympic Games.

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