{"id":9281,"date":"2011-12-09T05:18:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T05:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/uganda-ekiring-qualifies-for-2012-london-olympic-games\/"},"modified":"2011-12-09T05:18:30","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T05:18:30","slug":"uganda-ekiring-qualifies-for-2012-london-olympic-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/09\/uganda-ekiring-qualifies-for-2012-london-olympic-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Ekiring Qualifies for 2012 London Olympic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/monitor180.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clive Kyazze<\/p>\n<p>9 December 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Kampala \u2014 Uganda&#8217;s badminton star Edwin Ekiring has jumped two slots to 99th in the world rankings, which puts him in position to compete at next year&#8217;s Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>But his biggest challenge at the moment is keeping in the top 100 until April 30, 2012 to cement his place at the London Games.<\/p>\n<p>Ekiring defeated Israeli Misha Zilberman to win the Botswana Open last month before falling to Portugal&#8217;s Pedro Martins in the South Africa International Open finals last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>He collected vital points in both tournaments. Ekiring could rise higher in the rankings if he performs well in next week&#8217;s Italian International tournament. &#8220;The real business starts now because keeping up there is what will take me to London,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>ckyazze@ug.nationmedia.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Clive Kyazze 9 December 2011 Kampala \u2014 Uganda&#8217;s badminton star Edwin Ekiring has jumped two slots to 99th in the world rankings, which puts him in position to compete at next year&#8217;s Olympics. But his biggest challenge at the moment is keeping in the top 100 until April 30, 2012 to cement his place at the London Games. Ekiring defeated Israeli Misha Zilberman to win the Botswana Open last month before falling to Portugal&#8217;s Pedro Martins in the South Africa International Open finals last weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9281","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>Uganda: Ekiring Qualifies for 2012 London Olympic 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\/12\/09\/uganda-ekiring-qualifies-for-2012-london-olympic-games\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Uganda: Ekiring Qualifies for 2012 London Olympic Games - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Clive Kyazze 9 December 2011 Kampala \u2014 Uganda&#039;s badminton star Edwin Ekiring has jumped two slots to 99th in the world rankings, which puts him in position to compete at next year&#039;s Olympics. 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