{"id":428334,"date":"2011-05-23T02:57:54","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T02:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/23\/kenya-prepare-well-for-games\/"},"modified":"2011-05-23T02:57:54","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T02:57:54","slug":"kenya-prepare-well-for-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/kenya-prepare-well-for-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Prepare Well for Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"36.4400134048\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/nation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>22 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>editorial<\/p>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 Kenya will have more than 20 disciplines at this year&#8217;s All Africa Games.<\/p>\n<p>The games are crucial to the country&#8217;s sportsmen, especially those eyeing next year&#8217;s London Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>However, little progress is seen on the ground in terms of preparation and training of the respective teams that have qualified.<\/p>\n<p>The games, dubbed the &#8220;African Olympics&#8221;, will be in Maputo, Mozambique, from September 3 and every attention must be placed on this crucial event.<\/p>\n<p>The usual habit of waiting for the last minute rush is not ideal.<\/p>\n<p>With a sixth place finish in Algiers four years ago, Kenya must roll up its sleeves for a bruising battle against bigwigs Algeria, South Africa, Egypt, Tunisia, and Nigeria to claw its way back to the top three.<\/p>\n<p>A budget of Sh270 million has been set aside for the games.<\/p>\n<p>The local management committee must broaden Kenya&#8217;s scope beyond traditional events like track and field.<\/p>\n<p>Fans need to see Kenya dominating in swimming, handball, tennis, and other disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>This is crucial now that athletics will have its elite stars in Daegu, South Korea, for the World Championships, which will be staged almost at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Quality and merit must be used as the benchmark for selection of the team.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105230042.html\" title=\"Kenya: Prepare Well for Games\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenya: Prepare Well for Games<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 22 May 2011 editorial Nairobi \u2014 Kenya will have more than 20 disciplines at this year&#8217;s All Africa Games. The games are crucial to the country&#8217;s sportsmen, especially those eyeing next year&#8217;s London Olympics. However, little progress is seen on the ground in terms of preparation and training of the respective teams that have qualified<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya: Prepare Well for Games - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/kenya-prepare-well-for-games\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kenya: Prepare Well for Games - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"22 May 2011 editorial Nairobi \u2014 Kenya will have more than 20 disciplines at this year&#039;s All Africa Games. 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