Kenya’s welterweight boxer Rayton Okwiri poses for the camera in between training at Madison Square Garden, Nakuru on July 14, 2016. PHOTO | SULEIMAN MBATIAH |
Rugby sevens players’ blood samples taken for doping tests
Team Kenya for Rio Olympics on August 6 to 21 comprises 89 athletes and 54 officials.
All Team Kenya members for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games will undergo Zika virus screening, the squads’ Chef de Mission Stephen Soi disclosed on Thursday.
Soi said that officers from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) will take blood samples from the team members for testing prior to departure for the Games and upon arrival.