Danilo Rosaflio and Emily Muteti will represent Kenya in swimming at the Tokyo Olympics in JulyAccording to Kenya Swimming Federation (KSF), the duo were selected based on Fina ranking after qualifying events and their participation in the 2019 World championships in Gwanju, South Korea. Rosaflio scored 730 points in the 100m freestyle at the World Junior championships in Budapest, Hungary while Muteti posted 698 points in 50m freestyle at the All Africa Games in Casablanca, Morocco in 2019. Rosaflio will intensify his training at Longborough University in the United Kingdom and his coach Gareth Mcnary was delighted with his selection to the Olympics. Muteti, who is based at Grand Canyon University in the United States under the tutelage of Steven Schaffer, is raring to go and relishing the challenge of competing in Tokyo. The swimmers will be accompanied by Abdulmalik Abubakar as team manager and team manager Fakry Mansoor.

Source: The Star April 29, 2021 01:52 UTC