Four (4) Kibabii University Taekwondo athletes and two (2) staffers were among the Kenya Taekwondo Federation delegation that traveled on 30th May, 2021 for the African Championships in Dakar Senegal. The team consisted of the University Counsellor Ms. Susan Adina, Coach Eliakim Otieno, Edna Sichangi a fourth year Bachelor of Education student, Olympic qualifier Faith Ogallo and Everlyne Aluoch and Innocent Wafula who are KIBU alumni.
The standards of the championship were high, it being a G4 rated competition but Kenya gave it their best. Kenya was represented by fifteen (15) athletes from the Kenya team and one (1) athlete from the refugees’ team totaling sixteen (16) athletes with four of them from Kibabii University. Faith Ogallo, Everline Aluoch and Mary Mureu from Waithaka Club gave Kenya bronze medals in their respective categories.
Kenya finished in position seven (7) out of twenty six (26) teams (nations) with eighty two (82) points. The women’s team was position eight (8) overall with seventy two (72) points while the men’s team was position eleven (11) overall with ten (10) points.
The winners were Morocco with 789 points, Egypt came second (2nd) with 779 points, Cote d’Ivoire third (3rd) with 681 points, Tunisia Fourth (4th) with 546 points, Niger fifth (5th) with 323 points, Gabon sixth (6th) with 172 points, Kenya seventh (7th) with 82 points, Nigeria eighth (8th) with 80 points, Senegal ninth (9th) with 62 points and the Chad at tenth (10th) position with 47 points. Others were Mali with 35 points, Burkina Faso with 34 points, Lesotho with 22 points, Ghana with 8 points, Cameroon with 8 points, Libya with 7 points, Sudan with 6 points, Algeria with 6 points, Rwanda with 5 points, Somalia, Congo and World Taekwondo (refugee from Kenya) with 2 points each
