Category: <span>Events</span>

The Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee launched the 2014 Olympic Week celebrations at the OlympAfrica center in Nyanza on Monday afternoon.

The RNOSC was represented by treasurer Theo Uwayo who said,  “Olympism is a philosopy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced way the qualities of the body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy of effort, the educational value of good example and respect of universal, fundamental ethical principles. ”

Uwayo also explained that the practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport without my-drugs-blog.com of any kind in the Olympic spirit which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fairplay.

Three sport disciplines including archery, fencing and taekwondo were exhibited to the hundreds of school children and residents of Nyanza who were in attendance.

Three representatives from each of the three national federations of archery, fencing and taekwondo were involved in the exhibition of the sports disciplines.

Two of the representatives displayed the technics and skills of the sport while the other representative explained the scoring system and how to win a match.

After the exhibition, the schoolchildren and residents of Nyanza were given a chance to ask questions that were answered by the federation representatives.

Everyone got a chance of trying out the sport that they liked and national federations established interested persons that will join the Olympic movement on that note.

The Rwanda girls’ national team has won bronze in the volleyball event at the ongoing second edition of the African Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana.

The U-19 girls amassed four wins against hosts Botswana (3-0), South Africa (3-0), Mauritius (3-0) and Nigeria (3-0) and were unfortunate to lose 3-0 to eventual gold medalists Egypt 3-0 and fellow East Africans, Kenya 3-2 in their opening game of the competition.

Head coach Paul Bitok expressed gratitude to the players and said, “I am very impressed with the way the girls played and for sure the future is bright for them.”

Seraphine Mukantambara was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament while Olive Mutamba was awarded as the best server of the competition.

Chef de mission of Team Rwanda Elie Manirarora said that this was a proud moment for the country. “They have played well and deserve to be awarded.”

This was Rwanda’s second medal after boxer Jean Pierre Cyiza bagged bronze in the boys’ lightweight category three days ago.

Rwanda was represented by 40 athletes in 12 sports disciplines including athletics, basketball, boxing, cycling, fencing, golf, karate, lawn tennis, taekwondo, table tennis and volleyball.

Jean Pierre Cyiza clinched a bronze medal in the boys’ lightweight category (60kg) at the ongoing African Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana.

The 17 year old Cyiza who lost to South Africa’s Fuzile Anzinga in the semi-finals on Tuesday night at Botho University to become the first Rwandan athlete to win a medal at the quadrennial youth continental games.

“I am so honoured to have won a bronze medal and I am glad I represented Rwanda well,” said the excited Cyiza.

Rwanda’s head coach Gashugi Kananura admitted that, “This is a good result for us as a country and we plan to build on this in the future. There is surely a lot we can do to build on this.”

Rwanda has been represented by 12 sports disciplines including athletics, basketball, cycling, fencing, golf, karate, lawn tennis, swimming, taekwondo, table tennis and volleyball.

This event is a qualification event for athletics, basketball 3-on-3 and swimming.

This is Rwanda’s first time to compete at these games and the first edition of the games were held in Rabat, Morocco.