Rwanda has despatched a delegation of younger athletes to compete on the 2026 ANOCA Zone V Youth Video games, which is able to happen in Nairobi, Kenya, from August 24 to twenty-eight.
The Staff Rwanda delegation departed Kigali on Monday morning for the regional competitors, which brings collectively younger athletes from 11 international locations.
The 2026 version options athletes from Burundi, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. They may compete in six sports activities disciplines: biking, swimming, athletics, tennis, 3×3 basketball and seashore volleyball.
Rwanda can be represented in three disciplines—athletics, biking and swimming.
Staff Rwanda delegation to Nairobi
Athletics: Sonia Eli Elohe Abizera
Coach: Annicet Kanyabugoyi
Biking: Emmanuel Shema and Donatha Akimana
Coach: Eric Maniriho
Swimming: Jayden Ntwali, Kean Murenzi Sheja, Kalisa Keza and Aragsan Mugabo
Coach: Patrick Rukundo.
The ANOCA Zone V Youth Video games had been first held in 2019, with Rwanda internet hosting the inaugural version in Huye District.
Since then, the Video games have offered younger athletes from throughout the Zone V area with a possibility to achieve worldwide competitors expertise and take a look at themselves towards their friends as they progress of their sporting careers.
Rwanda’s participation is a part of efforts to show younger athletes to high-level competitors and assist them achieve invaluable expertise as they develop alongside the nation’s sporting pathway.
The Video games additionally present a possibility for the younger athletes to compete for honours at regional stage whereas representing Rwanda on the worldwide stage.
As Staff Rwanda heads to Nairobi, the delegation can be hoping for robust performances whereas gaining invaluable expertise that may contribute to the continued growth of the nation’s younger sporting expertise.
