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David GOMBE

A number of Ugandan athletes will likely be in motion on Friday on the 2026 Commonwealth Video games in Scotland.

Staff Uganda consists of 55 athletes to compete in 10 disciplines, together with 5 para-athletes from 8 federations. Of the delegation, 34 are feminine and 21 are male. Girls will function in all disciplines besides weightlifting and monitor biking.

Uganda’s Basketball 3×3 crew, Gazelles will make their Commonwealth Video games debut towards Jamaica at 2:55Pm earlier than dealing with off with Cayman Islands at 5:20Pm and Kenya at 10:15Pm.

The Gazelles crew has Jane Asinde, Perus Nyamwenge, Melissa Akullu and Jamila Nansikombi.

Bombers captain Nuhu Batte will likely be in motion towards Nigeria’s Abdulram AbdulWahab within the males’s 65Kg boxing spherical of 32 bout at 7:30Pm at SEC Corridor 5.

Three Ugandan para powerlifters will even be in motion right now on the SEG Armadillo, these are Janet Nakayobyo (girls’s light-weight), Rebecca Zawedde (girls’s heavyweight) and Denis Mbazira (males’s heavyweight).

Tendo Kaumi will likely be within the males’s swimming 50m backstroke heats, Gloria Muzito and Kirabo Namutebi will compete within the girls’s 50m butterfly heats, whereas Jordan Samula will race within the males’s 100m breaststroke heats on the Tollcross Worldwide Swimming Centre.

Kaumi, Samula, Jesse Ssengonzi and Tendo Mukalazi will likely be searching for a spot within the subsequent spherical of the 4x100m freestyle relay.