Kenyan
Archer Shehzana Anwar will lead team Kenya during Friday’s opening ceremony
of the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
She will become the first archer to lead team
Kenya during Olympic Games.
Shehzan
earned a slot in the Olympics games after winning Gold during the Africa
qualifiers held in Namibia. Since then she has embarked in series of training activities
including a one month training camp in Turkey.
Shehzan will
step into action on Friday at around 7pm in the women’s round of ranking where
archers shoot 72 arrows at a distance of 70 meters.
The overall highest score
is 720.
Previously
Kenya has been led by Jason Dunford during the 2012 Olympics in London, Grace
Momanyi during the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the late Violet Barasa during the 2004
Olympics in Athens.
Shehzan is
the daughter of veteran rally driver Azar Anwar.
