Hockey: Okumu backs Kenya to clinch Paris Olympics tickets
Amira Sailors' striker Gilly Okumu applauds the fans after their Kenya Hockey Union women's Premier League match against Dutch Flower Group (DFG) Wolverines at City Park Stadium, Nairobi on April 10, 2023.
Okumu, who captained the team that failed to qualify for delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2019 in South Africa said both men and women teams have a fair chance to qualify if they keep their mental state in check
Okumu said if the teams get off to a winning start in their opening matches then they will sail through to the semi-finals
The men's team, which will be seeking to return to the Olympics since their last appearance in 1988, are drawn in Pool "B" together with Egypt, Ghana and Zambia
Former Kenya hockey women's team captain Gilly Okumu believes a positive mindset among the playing unit could give them an advantage in the African qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games that get underway at the Pretoria University in South Africa on Sunday.
The Kenya men's and women's teams are away in South Africa for the qualifier dubbed 'Road to Paris 2024.'
