Para powerlifting team purring ahead of World Championships
Kenyan para-powerlifter, Hellen Wawira Kariuki (R),32, warms up prior to a workout session at the national para powerlifting team's gym in Nairobi on August 01, 2024, in preparation for the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games that start in late August. The Kenyan athlete, who has spina bifida, a congenital malformation of the spine, finished fifth at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021. Through her journey, she said she hopes to change the way disability in the East African country is viewed, where "society does not really accept us". (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)
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The national para powerlifting team for the visually impaired are raring to go ahead of the 2025
World Championships slated for Almaty City, Kazakhstan, beginning on Tuesday.
After landing on
Sunday, the team immediately began the preparations for the World Cup.
The preparations
include the establishment of divisions for the players based on their vision
levels and body weight.
"I have already
completed my classification, and I am ready to help the team clinch more medals
when we start the tournament," said team captain Morris Kinywa.
The Kenya Sports
Association for the Visually Impaired, KESAVI, said their preparations have
positioned the team to scoop more medals compared to last year.
"We had good
preparations that gave us an upper hand to perform better this year.
“We were in Astana in
2024 and we collected 12 medals, but now we aim for 20 plus," noted
organising secretary Henry Zungu
Team Kenya, which
travelled with twelve players, will participate in all categories of the
competition, that is, Squat, Bench Press and Deadlift.
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