Elizabeth Akinyi in action against Maria Moronto of Dominican Republic during the Konstantin Korotkov Memorial International Boxing Championships in Khabarovsk, Russia, on Wednesday May 12, 2021. [Courtesy KBF]National welterweight champion Elizabeth Akinyi is confident she’ll reach the medal bracket and possibly win one of the medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Therefore, said she is determined to become the first Kenyan female boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. “If our previous boxers could beat European champions in world championships for world titles, what went wrong with the current crop of boxers. Member of the Kenya Boxing team Elizabeth Akinyi training at AVfitness read to heads to DRC for Africa Zone Three Championships.

Source: Standard Digital June 01, 2021 09:22 UTC