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Kenya's curlers take aim at 2026

China Daily | Updated: 2022-02-11 09:23
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Kenyan skier Sabrina Simader is all smiles after becoming the country's second Winter Olympian by competing in the women's super-G event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. [DPA/PICTURE-ALLIANCE]

Long road ahead

Oguta said that nevertheless the world body had voiced some concerns about the viability of the sport in Kenya.

And only a year since it joined the WCF, the Kenyan federation has been hampered by COVID-19, the absence of proper training facilities and a lack of funding.

It even had to set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for training abroad to gear up for the upcoming Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in November.

Two members were eventually able to travel to the United States in January for a month-long stint to get a feel for training on ice.

But the team has so far only played one international match-a friendly against Denmark late last year which the Kenyans won 7-5.

Despite the challenges, the sport has attracted more than 1,000 enthusiasts, some of them moving on from other sports such as soccer and rugby.

They hope to follow in the footsteps of trailblazing cross-country skier Philip Boit, who became the first Kenyan at the Winter Olympics in 1998, and female Alpine skier Sabrina Simader, who competed in South Korea in 2018.

'Gifted sporting nation'

"The challenge to bring a winter sport to Kenya inspires me. It opens a totally new horizon for us since we don't experience winter," said Oguta. After suffering a knee injury, the 33-year-old narrowly missed out on a place in the Kenyan women's sevens rugby team which competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

But she has proved herself to be a versatile sportswoman.

She also helped to establish kabaddi-a contact sport with its origins in India-in Kenya and serves as vice-president of the International Kabaddi Federation.

Former Kenyan premier league soccer goalkeeper Haggai Odhiambo Zuma also dabbled in kabaddi and rugby before choosing to focus on curling.

"I love trying new sports and games," he said.

"Kenya is naturally a gifted sporting nation. We have so much potential to bring medals at the Winter Olympics through curling if the government can invest in the ice training facilities and support the players to train abroad.

"If the government can also cater for the development of curling, the sport will bring joy to our nation, (but) nothing in life comes easy."

Retired saleswoman Anne Kariuki, who now works as an Uber driver, says she began curling for fun but now hopes to represent her country at the next Winter Olympics.

"I enjoy playing curling so much. It's a sport for everyone whatever your age," said the 50-year-old.

"Unfortunately, I didn't have the chance to compete for Kenya internationally in athletics, so I can't wait to see Kenya compete against the top nations and enter the next Olympics."

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