Kenya lost by three straight sets to hosts Japan in women’s Volleyball in their 2020 Tokyo Olympics opener.
The Malkia Strikers went down 25-15 in the first set before falling 25-11 in the second set.
The Kenyan queens gave a better fight in the last set managing a respectable 25-23 loss, but it was too late to turn things around.
Well played girls we move on to the next one with our heads high. That was a good fight 💪🇰🇪
Japan 25: Malkia 15
Japan 25:Malkia 11
Japan 25:Malkia 23#YouAreTheReason pic.twitter.com/Ux1RHV02D0— TeamKenya (@OlympicsKe) July 25, 2021
Kenya will next face Korea on Tuesday.
Malkia Strikers – Kenya Women Volleyball Team begin their #Tokyo2020 campaign today against Hosts Japan at 1:30pm Kenyan Time. Check out their full schedule below👇#YouAreTheReason #TeamKenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪 pic.twitter.com/3EStMSxpan
— TeamKenya (@OlympicsKe) July 25, 2021
In general, Kenya has had a poor start to the summer games with all her athletes so far competed losing.
Boxers Nick Okoth and Christine Ongare have all lost their bouts in the preliminaries.
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