Rurangayire challenges team to win African medals

THE National Karate Federation’s technical director Didier Guy Rurangayire has urged the national team to aim for medals when Rwanda takes part in the African Karate championship scheduled for September 3-9 in Rabat, Morocco.Rurangayire told Times Sport yesterday, “We have assembled a young, talented and promising team of all years in as far as Karate sport is concerned in the country”.Rurangayire, fresh from a five-day high level International Karate training seminar in San Diego, USA added, “We cant task our players to go for African title but we are only urging them to focus on winning medals in the tournament because it is possible,”Rwanda will be represented by 15 players competing in both Kata and Kumite categories in the week long competition which will also attract teams from South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda and hosts Morocco among others..Two years ago, Rwanda finished 15th out of 23 countries but with early and efficient preparations, the country hopes to improve on its performance.

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Rurangayire challenges team to win African medals