{"id":460869,"date":"2011-07-14T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T11:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/14\/rwanda-hakizimana-pulls-out-of-military-games\/"},"modified":"2011-07-14T11:37:52","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T11:37:52","slug":"rwanda-hakizimana-pulls-out-of-military-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/rwanda-hakizimana-pulls-out-of-military-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda: Hakizimana Pulls Out of Military Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"36.9159332322\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/newtimes180.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bonnie Mugabe<\/p>\n<p>14 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>GERVAIS Hakizimana has withdrawn from next week&#8217;s 5th World Military Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil because of a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>The 3000m steeple chase specialist, who is based in France, told Times Sport that he is undergoing treatment after stretching his right knee tendon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very painful when you pull out at the last minute after weeks of work hard in training but I want to wish my mates the best of luck,&#8221; a disappointed Hakizimana said.<\/p>\n<p>He will now spend two weeks off the track before resuming training ahead of September&#8217;s World Athletics Championship in Daegu, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>In his absence, the country&#8217;s hunt for silverware will be spearheaded by two-time Olympian Epiphanie Nyirabarame, Claudette Mukasakindi and Eric Sebahire.<\/p>\n<p>Nyirabarame, who will compete in the half marathon category, will also use the games to fine-tune herself for the forthcoming All Africa Games in Maputo as well as next year&#8217;s Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>Both Sebahire (5000m) and Mukasakindi (5000m &#038; 10000m) will be aiming to improve on their personal records so as to qualify for the All Africa Games.<\/p>\n<p>Dieudonne Disi remains the only athlete to scoop a medal at the World Military Games. In 2004, he won silver in the cross country championship.<\/p>\n<p>The games, which were first held in Rome in 1995, will run from July 16-24 and are expected to attract over 4,900 athletes competing in 24 sporting disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>Like the Olympics, they are held every four years, in the year preceding the Olympic Games.<\/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>See original article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107140804.html\" title=\"Rwanda: Hakizimana Pulls Out of Military Games\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rwanda: Hakizimana Pulls Out of Military Games<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Bonnie Mugabe 14 July 2011 GERVAIS Hakizimana has withdrawn from next week&#8217;s 5th World Military Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil because of a knee injury. The 3000m steeple chase specialist, who is based in France, told Times Sport that he is undergoing treatment after stretching his right knee tendon. &#8220;It&#8217;s very painful when you pull out at the last minute after weeks of work hard in training but I want to wish my mates the best of luck,&#8221; a disappointed Hakizimana said<\/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-460869","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>Rwanda: Hakizimana Pulls Out of Military 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\/07\/14\/rwanda-hakizimana-pulls-out-of-military-games\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Rwanda: Hakizimana Pulls Out of Military Games - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Bonnie Mugabe 14 July 2011 GERVAIS Hakizimana has withdrawn from next week&#039;s 5th World Military Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil because of a knee injury. 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