{"id":10576,"date":"2020-07-03T16:11:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T16:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=10576"},"modified":"2020-07-03T16:11:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T16:11:55","slug":"christine-ongare-puts-olympic-medal-in-crosshairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/christine-ongare-puts-olympic-medal-in-crosshairs","title":{"rendered":"Christine Ongare puts Olympic medal in crosshairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Christine Ongare, the Commonwealth Games flyweight bronze medalist, longs to go one better \u2013win an Olympic medal next year in Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Ongare said she wants to go down into annals of history as the first Kenyan female boxer to win a medal at the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am determined to win an Olympic medal. We are facing tough times, but I am equal to the task of ensuring that I become an Olympic medalist. I hope to change women\u2019s boxing pecking order,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ongare undergoes individual training sessions which, she said, is no easy. This is despite receiving training instructions from national team head coach Musa Benjamin and assistant John Munuhe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not easy training alone. I was used to getting instructions from my coaches,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ongare said training without a sparring partner is quite challenging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeam training sessions boosts morale among boxers. It gives us confidence before we face our opponents in different international championships. I hope things will change soon,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ongare and 2015 African Boxing Championships lightweight gold medalist Nick Okoth are the only boxers to have qualified for Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>She said determination and hard work saw her earn the ticket to Olympic Games during the qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal, in February.<\/p>\n<p>Ongare earned a bye in the first round before dismissing Omella Havyarimana of Burundi in the pre-quarterfinals to book a date with Modestine Munga of Democratic Republic of Congo in the quarterfinals where she won on points to glide into semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>In the semifinals, Ongare lost to Algerian Rabbah Cheddar, which qualified her to face Ugandan Catherine Nanziri in a box-off contest, which earned a slot in the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>She said she trains in the mornings daily for at least one hour in a session that comprise roadworks, physical training and thereafter shadow boxing.<\/p>\n<p>Munuhe said they were satisfied with the progress of the two boxers preparing for Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have tried our level best to coach them and ensure they maintain their fitness levels,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Munuhe said takes Ongare through her morning training sessions once in a while to gauge her fitness. He is confident that Ongare can make it to the medal bracket at the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer participation in the African Olympic qualifiers has exposed her and given us a chance to learn her weaknesses and strengths in readiness for the Olympics. We\u2019ll just polish on some of these qualities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya is set to take a second team to the World Olympic qualifiers in Paris later this year after International Olympic Committee (IOC) came up with new dates.<\/p>\n<p>Munuhe said their aim is to see at least four other boxers qualify for the Olympics in Paris in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Christine Ongare, the Commonwealth Games flyweight bronze medalist, longs to go one better \u2013win an Olympic medal next year in Tokyo, Japan. Ongare said she wants to go down into annals of history as the first Kenyan female boxer to win a medal at the Olympic Games. \u201cI am determined to win an Olympic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":10570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[1865,4481,406],"class_list":["post-10576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-christine-ongare","tag-flyweight-boxer","tag-olympic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Christine Ongare puts Olympic medal in crosshairs - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Christine Ongare, the Commonwealth Games flyweight bronze medalist, longs to go one better \u2013win an Olympic medal next year in Tokyo, Japan.Ongare\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/christine-ongare-puts-olympic-medal-in-crosshairs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christine Ongare puts Olympic medal in crosshairs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christine Ongare, the Commonwealth Games flyweight bronze medalist, longs to go one better \u2013win an Olympic medal next year in Tokyo, Japan.Ongare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/christine-ongare-puts-olympic-medal-in-crosshairs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-03T16:11:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/ongare_puts_olympic_5efcc81de7a16.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/christine-ongare-puts-olympic-medal-in-crosshairs#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/christine-ongare-puts-olympic-medal-in-crosshairs\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Christine Ongare puts Olympic medal in crosshairs\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-03T16:11:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/christine-ongare-puts-olympic-medal-in-crosshairs\"},\"wordCount\":464,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/christine-ongare-puts-olympic-medal-in-crosshairs#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/ongare_puts_olympic_5efcc81de7a16.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Christine Ongare\",\"Flyweight boxer\",\"Olympic\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/christine-ongare-puts-olympic-medal-in-crosshairs#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/christine-ongare-puts-olympic-medal-in-crosshairs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/christine-ongare-puts-olympic-medal-in-crosshairs\",\"name\":\"Christine Ongare puts Olympic medal in crosshairs - 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