Uganda: Eight Years Without Gold - Hits and Misses in Rabat

2 September 2019

Uganda's eight medals at the African Games in Rabat--two silver, six bronze--is basically a better harvest than the two bronze in Brazzaville 2015 [except the gold and silver by para-athletes]. But by Accra 2023 Uganda's wait for gold will be 12 years since Maputo 2011.

Boxing came close to gold, but the Bombers are just rising from a barrage of chaos, which explains their gold drought since 1999. But athletics, which took the biggest contingent, (27 athletes) takes the biggest blame.

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