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Rwandan Athletes Off to France for Paris 2024 Olympics

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Minister of Sports activities Aurore Mimosa Munyangaju on Wednesday, July 3, formally flagged off a delegation of Rwandan athletes earlier than departing for Paris, France, forward of the much-anticipated Paris 2024 Olympic Video games scheduled for July 23 to August 11.

Rwanda might be represented by eight athletes, 5 ladies and three males, throughout 4 sports activities disciplines specifically biking, athletics, swimming, and fencing. The nation might be making its debut in fencing on the Olympics.

The athletes will depart Kigali Worldwide Airport on Friday, July 5 Wednesday evening and head to Courbevoie the place they are going to spend to weeks for a pre-training camp after which they are going to the Olympic Village on July 23.

Flagging off the staff, Munyangaju recommended the Nationwide Olympic Committee and sports activities federations represented in Paris for his or her efforts in making ready the athletes.

The minister highlighted the importance of Rwanda’s first participation in fencing, emphasizing the necessity to develop a sturdy system to nurture extra Olympians and improve the variety of athletes representing the nation within the sport sooner or later.

“It’s a nice step that, for the primary time, Rwanda will compete in fencing. This offers us a activity, because the Sports activities Sector, to ascertain a system that may assist develop extra Olympians, rising the quantity past the eight athletes representing us in Paris 2024,” Munyangaju stated.

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