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Ajowi, Okoth gold hunt in Russia ends in heartbreak
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•Commonwealth Games flyweight bronze medalist Christine Ongare and national welterweight champion Elizabeth Akinyi bowed out of the tournament in the preliminaries.
•Hit Squad head coach Benjamin Musa said the outcome was not what they had expected or even hoped for.
Any hopes Kenya had of scooping gold medals in the Konstantin Korotkov Memorial International boxing Championships in Russia went up in smoke after Hit Squad captain Nick Okoth and Africa Zone 3 Championship gold medalist Elly Ajowi crushed out on Friday.
Okoth lost to Russian Ovik Oganisyan on a unanimous points decision in the semi-finals of the 57kg, while heavyweight Ajowi bowed out in the quarterfinals. Both fights took place at Lenina Regional Sports Complex in the city of Khabarovsk ....

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