Kenyan runner Faith Kipyegon and Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay are among six African athletes to keep an eye on at Paris 2024.
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon already has two Olympic gold medals to her name but Blessing Oborududu and Biniam Girmay are looking to top the podium for a first time in ParisAfrica is looking to break the barrier of winning 50 medals for the first time at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The 30-year-old is aiming to secure her third successive Olympic gold in the women’s 1500m. No African athlete has ever won gold in the same event three times in a row. In action: Friday, 2 August , Monday, 5 August , Thursday, 8 August , Saturday, 10 August .Last year Letsile Tebogo became the first African man to claim a 100m podium finish at the World Athletics Championships
Should the 24-year-old finish in the top two in cycling’s time trial or road race then he would achieve the East African country’s best ever result at the Olympics, surpassing an athletics bronze gained in 2004. Without the backing of a team of riders to help set up a sprint finish, the odds of victory on the Trocadero are stacked against Girmay. Yet he has been used to overcoming hurdles from the start of his career.An icon of wrestling in Nigeria and Africa, with 14 continental titles and four Commonwealth medals, Oborududu was her country’s best performer at Tokyo 2020, where she won silver in the 68kg category.
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