UGANDAN ATHLETICS – SHIDA LENI QUALIFIES FOR TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES
Ugandan 400 metre runner, Shida Leni, has qualified for the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics. She did so through World Athletics “Road to Tokyo” route https://www.worldathletics.org/stats-zone/road-to/7132391?eventId=10229511 (ranked 41st). The qualification was confirmed in yesterday’s email to us from Beatrice Ayikoru, the General Secretary of the Uganda Athletics Federation.
ONLY SPRINTER
SHIDA WHILE SPRINTING .photo by Michele Maraviglia.
Shida will be Uganda’s only sprinter (male or female) at the Games. All its other athletes will be middle or long distance runners. Her 41st position ranking means we should be realistic about what she can do in Tokyo. Her main achievement has been just reaching an Olympic Games, the first Ugandan sprinter to compete at an Olympic...