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Beach volleyball: Italian test for Kenya in World Championships opener
Kenyan beach volleyball team members Gaudencia Makokha (left) and Bracksides Agala stretch during a training session at the Tokyo Olympic Games beach volleyball venue on July 20, 2021.
Photo credit: Elias Makori | Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
- Scampoli and Blanchin are placed 30th in the world as per the latest FIVB rankings released on June 6 while Agala and Makokha are ranked 130th
- Coach Patrick Owino says they will give their best shot regardless of their opponents standings
- This will be the second time Kenya will be participating at the World Championships since 2017 when the pair of Naomi Too and Makokha represented the country in Austria
Kenya’s pair of Brackcides Agala and Gaudencia Makokha will get their World Beach Volleyball Championship campaign underway on Friday with a clash against Italian pair of Claudia Scampoli and Margherita Blanchin at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
Agala and Makokha who participated in the delayed Tokyo Olympics, will then play Karla Berger and Julia Sude of Germany on Sunday before they wrap up their Pool 'L' action with a match against Poland’s duo of Kinga Wajtasik and Koclolek Katarzyna on Monday.
