Shujaa first Kenyan team to check into Olympics Village with sevens rugby set to kick off early

Tony Omondi (R) with Shujaa coach Kevin Wambua and Vincent Onyala (L). Photo credit: Timothy Olobulu

Shujaa first Kenyan team to check into Olympics Village with sevens rugby set to kick off early

Joel Omotto 19:33 - 19.07.2024

Kenya Sevens have already arrived into the Olympics Village ahead of rugby action that will start two days before the Paris Games' Opening Ceremony.

Shujaa became the first Kenyan team to check into the Olympics Village in Paris after two weeks of training in Miramas.

The Kenya Sevens players arrived at the Village on Friday afternoon ready to do battle with their competition starting two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Kevin Wambua's team was the first to check into their pre-Olympics camp two weeks ago and have left early to put in the final touches before sevens rugby start.

Olympics assignment where they are in Pool B with Samoa, Australia and Argentina.

Co-captains Vincent Onyala and Tony Omondi will still lead the team with John Okoth, Kevin Wekesa, George Ooro, Samuel Asati, Nigel Amaitsa, Brian Tanga, Patrick Odongo, Lamech Ambetsa, Chrisant Ojwang and Herman Humwa joining themin the squad.

Festus Shiasi and Dennis Abukuse are the travelling reserves while Brian Mutugi is the training reserve.

Shujaa have not gone past the group stages in the last two editions and there is optimism that they will record improved results this time around.

Sevens rugby will start two days ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony, with the men's category played on 24, 25 and 27 July, followed by the women's from 28-30 July.

Shujaa will begin with a match against Argentina before taking on Australia on July 24 and complete group stage action against Samoa the following day.

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