Arthur Mwase after profitable Gold within the Males’s 100m Freestyle
Group Uganda has completed second total on the second version of the ANOCA Zone V Youth Video games in Kenya, capturing 23 podium finishes throughout 5 core disciplines.
The younger contingent gathered 6 gold, 7 silver, and 10 bronze medals through the regional showpiece, trailing solely hosts Kenya (51 medals) and comfortably outpacing third positioned Ethiopia (10 medals).
Uganda’s swimming contingent set the tempo, main the tally with 9 medals:
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Muganzi Tyler double-gold efficiency within the ladies’s 14–17 50m and 100m butterfly.
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Mwase Arthur profitable gold within the males’s 14–17 100m freestyle with a 57.06-second end.
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Nakasule Rahama claiming silver within the 50m backstroke and bronze within the 50m butterfly.
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Kaweesa Jonathan taking double bronze within the males’s 50m butterfly and freestyle.
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Each the combined 4x100m freestyle and medley relay groups including silver medals to the pool haul.
Monitor and subject produced a whole Ugandan sweep within the ladies’s 200m, led by Tracy Nabunya taking gold forward of teammates Marufa Ahmed Dafala (silver) and Apoko Mary (bronze).
Keren Chelimo who secured silver within the Ladies’ 3000m Last, clocking a powerful 9:41.72 to complete second.
Dafala added a second silver within the triple leap, whereas Daniel Ogenrwot secured gold within the males’s 400m.
Muhwezi Abraham Lincoln earned silver within the boys’ 100m, with distance runners Cherotwo Baskaline and Micheal choosing up bronzes within the 1500m and 3000m occasions.
Courtroom and subject efficiency
In racquet sports activities, Samuel Okello gained the boys’ singles tennis title, whereas Lilian Ayee took bronze within the ladies’ occasion.
Uganda’s crew sports activities added two extra podium finishes:
Exterior the principle 5 scoring disciplines, Uganda earned a silver medal in judo, whereas bike owner Jacinta Namubiru took fourth place within the particular person highway race.
Abdulhakim Otimrwoti (L)who gained silver within the Males’s Underneath-60kg Judo class
Jacinta Namubiru after ending fourth
Past speedy medal returns, the match served as an operational springboard towards the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Video games.
Competing throughout venues in Murang’a County, Kasarani Aquatic Stadium, and Kenyatta College, Uganda’s developmental athletes secured important worldwide race expertise.
Following the video games, Uganda’s collaborating refugee athletes stayed on location in Kenya to affix a regional growth camp targeted on upcoming worldwide choice cycles.
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