Rwandan athletes are in France, since July 6, gearing up for the highly-anticipated Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, scheduled for July 26 to August 11.
Rwanda can be represented by eight athletes on the 2024 Summer season Olympics, together with 5 girls and three males throughout 4 sports activities disciplines–cycling, athletics, swimming, and fencing.
The Olympic group commenced their pre-training camp on Monday, July 8, with athletes coaching at numerous venues.
Regardless of Rwanda’s constant participation within the Olympic Video games since 1984, a medal of any type stays a dream for the nation’s athletes.
And their dream continues with Paris turning into the following prime for the Summer season Olympic Video games.
Meet Rwandan Athletes at Paris 2024 Video games:
Biking
Eric Manizabayo (Males’s Highway Race)
Date of Beginning: August 28, 1997
Place of Beginning: Nyabihu district
Membership: Benediction Membership
Class: Highway Race on August 3
Venue: Pont d’ Iéna
How he made it to Paris 2024: Wildcard
Diane Ingabire: (Ladies’s Highway Race and Particular person Time Trial)
Date of Beginning: July 17, 2001
Place of Beginning: Nyabihu district
Present Workforce: Canyon//SRAM Technology group, Germany
Coaching Base: Barcelona, Spain
Occasions: ITT on July 27 and Highway Race on August 4.
Venue: Pont d’Iéna
How she made in to Paris 2024: Wildcard
Jazilla Mwamikazi (Ladies’s Mountain Bike)
Date of Beginning: September 8, 2004
Place of Beginning: Rwamagana district
Workforce: Ndabaga Biking Workforce
Occasion: Mountain Bike Racing, July 28
Venue: Élancourt Hill
How she made it to Paris 2024: Wildcard
Athletics
Yves Nimubona (Males’s 10,000m)
Date of Beginning: August 15, 1998
Place of Beginning: Nyamasheke district
Present Workforce: Tuscany Coaching Camp, Italy
Occasion: 10,000m, August 2.
Venue: Stade de France
How he made it to Paris 2024: Wildcard
Clementine Mukandanga (Ladies’s Full Marathon)
Date of Beginning: December 8, 1985
Place of Beginning: Ngoma district
Present Workforce: G.S. Orecchiella Garfagnana, Italy
Occasion: Full Marathon, August 11.
Venue: Hôtel de Ville and Les Invalides
How she made it to Paris 2024: She achieved the required “Minima” time of two:26:50 on the 39 Firenze Marathon in December 2023 with a time of two:25:54, the fourth quickest within the occasion’s historical past and a private finest, bettering on her earlier report set in Florence in 2022.
Mukandanga is the one Rwandan athlete within the Olympic Workforce who certified for the Paris 2024 Video games.
Swimming
Peyre Mitilla Oscar Cyusa (Males’s 100m Butterfly)
Date of Beginning: April 27, 2005
Place of Beginning: France
Present Residence: Marseille
Occasion: 100m Butterfly, August 2 (Semi-finals and Last on August 3)
Venue: Paris La Défense Enviornment
How he made it to Paris 2024: Wildcard
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Lidwine Umuhoza Uwase (Ladies’s 50m Freestyle)
Date of Beginning: June 13, 1999
Place of Beginning: Karongi district
Workforce: Gisenyi Seaside Boys
Occasions: 50m Freestyle qualifiers on August 3, 2024, with Semi-finals and Last on August 4, 2024
Venue: Paris La Défense Enviornment
How he made it to Paris 2024: Wildcard
Fencing
Tufaha Uwihoreye (Ladies’s Epée)
Date of Beginning: January 1996
Place of Beginning: Nyamirambo, Nyarugenge District
Workforce: Desires Fencing Membership
Occasion: Epée on July 27, 2024
Venue: Grand Palais
How she made it to Paris 2024: Wildcard
