AFTER a good display at the just-concluded Kigali International Peace Marathon, athlete Martha Yankurije is now turning her focus on the upcoming Olympic Games schedule from July 23 to August 8, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
The 27-year-old long-distance runner is one of the two Rwandans, and the only female marathoner, who won a gold medal in the half marathon race at last weekend's event, a performance that earned her a wild card to feature at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
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