Puma delivers Uganda kit, Ekiring arrives
Aug 06, 2008
TEAM Uganda has already set dress standards at the Beijing Olympics after stealing the show at the flag-raising ceremony. They now look well-placed to compete after receiving new competition kit from PUMA yesterday.
Schedule; Tomorrow, 3pm
Games opening ceremony August 11 Weightlifting(M.Kivumbi)
62kg contest 5am
Badminton (E. Ekiring)
Men’s singles
August 13
Boxing (Ronald Serugo)
48kg light/fly 8.30am
By Louis Jadwong
& Norman Katende
in Beijing, China
TEAM Uganda has already set dress standards at the Beijing Olympics after stealing the show at the flag-raising ceremony. They now look well-placed to compete after receiving new competition kit from PUMA yesterday.
“They will help us look more uniform now. We have not been noticed in the past as most of us were wearing what we had and this did not reflect Team Uganda spirit. At least we will now be more recognised as a team,†said swimming coach Peter Simon Mugabi.
The Team Uganda kit has golden yellow stripes, a Uganda Olympic Committee logo with others either having an inscription “Uganda†or “Team Uganda to Beijing 2008â€.
The package includes T-shirts, shorts, trousers, track suits, rain jackets, sneakers, and a sports and travel bag for each member on the official Team Uganda contingent.
The kit seemed to have focused on the athletics team, the majority of whom arrive next week. Swimmer Gilbert Kaburu, weightlifter Mubarak Kivumbi and badminton ace Edwin Ekiring’s tailor-made kit are yet to arrive.
Ekiring set foot in the camp yesterday and explained that he had lost contact with his team and coach because he was tied down by academic obligations.
“We had a camp. We had gone deep and there were no network or internet services. This is where they take us to concentrate on books,†said the lanky badminton star.
He said that he only accessed the internet after reading the story and decided to e-mail his manager for an update.
Ekiring, who will be the first badminton player to represent the country at the Games, sounded confident about the challenge ahead of him.
“It might look a big hurdle but that’s the only reason I am here, to try and go over it,†he said.
After getting a bye into the round of 32, Ekiring is preparing to take on the winner between Andrew Dabeka of Canada and Korea’s Park Sunghwan on Monday. A win will give him a date against world singles number one Lin Dan of China on Tuesday.
For updates type: NVOLYMPICS
and send SMS to 8198 Applies only withing Uganda
Games opening ceremony August 11 Weightlifting(M.Kivumbi)
62kg contest 5am
Badminton (E. Ekiring)
Men’s singles
August 13
Boxing (Ronald Serugo)
48kg light/fly 8.30am
By Louis Jadwong
& Norman Katende
in Beijing, China
TEAM Uganda has already set dress standards at the Beijing Olympics after stealing the show at the flag-raising ceremony. They now look well-placed to compete after receiving new competition kit from PUMA yesterday.
“They will help us look more uniform now. We have not been noticed in the past as most of us were wearing what we had and this did not reflect Team Uganda spirit. At least we will now be more recognised as a team,†said swimming coach Peter Simon Mugabi.
The Team Uganda kit has golden yellow stripes, a Uganda Olympic Committee logo with others either having an inscription “Uganda†or “Team Uganda to Beijing 2008â€.
The package includes T-shirts, shorts, trousers, track suits, rain jackets, sneakers, and a sports and travel bag for each member on the official Team Uganda contingent.
The kit seemed to have focused on the athletics team, the majority of whom arrive next week. Swimmer Gilbert Kaburu, weightlifter Mubarak Kivumbi and badminton ace Edwin Ekiring’s tailor-made kit are yet to arrive.
Ekiring set foot in the camp yesterday and explained that he had lost contact with his team and coach because he was tied down by academic obligations.
“We had a camp. We had gone deep and there were no network or internet services. This is where they take us to concentrate on books,†said the lanky badminton star.
He said that he only accessed the internet after reading the story and decided to e-mail his manager for an update.
Ekiring, who will be the first badminton player to represent the country at the Games, sounded confident about the challenge ahead of him.
“It might look a big hurdle but that’s the only reason I am here, to try and go over it,†he said.
After getting a bye into the round of 32, Ekiring is preparing to take on the winner between Andrew Dabeka of Canada and Korea’s Park Sunghwan on Monday. A win will give him a date against world singles number one Lin Dan of China on Tuesday.
For updates type: NVOLYMPICS
and send SMS to 8198 Applies only withing Uganda