{"id":5530,"date":"2015-11-28T23:47:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T03:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=5530"},"modified":"2016-01-17T21:53:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T01:53:28","slug":"5530","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-sports-commentary\/5530\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Boxing results at the 2012 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2012 Olympics were held in London, United Kingdom. The Africa zone qualifying tournament was held in Casablanca Morocco. Only one Kenyan outright qualified for the boxing tournament, that is Flyweight Benson Njagiru Gicharu. It was a drop off from 2008 when 3 Kenyans qualified.<\/p>\n<p>At the tournament, Gicharu lost in the first round to Hesham Mahmoud Abdelaal of Egypt 19-16.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/boxing\/pics\/gicharu-ebanks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"381\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Gicharu in action<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2012 marked the first time that women&#8217;s boxing was included in the Olympics. Kenya was represented by Light Middleweight Elizabeth Andiego Odhiambo who received a wild card to the tournament. 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