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The national women\u2019s volleyball \u00a0team head coach Japhet Munala is urging his charges to give it all when they open their Olympic Games against Brazil at the Paris Arena,France.<\/strong><\/p>\n Munala is eyeing an upset against the two Olympic Champions placed 18 positions above Kenya in FIVB rankings. Munala declared the team ready ahead of the clash.<\/p>\n \u2018\u2019Brazil has won this tournament before but we are fearless, we have prepared well and we are ready to face them on Monday. We have agreed with the players to give it all in the match and come out with victory\u2019\u2019, Munala remarked.<\/p>\n Malkia Strikers warmed up for the Olympic Games by playing in the FIVB Challenger Cup In Manilla,Philipines \u00a0where they were knocked out at the quarter final stage by Puerto Rico. Malkia \u00a0would later camp in Miramas,Southern France for two weeks before coming to Paris for the games.<\/p>\n \u2018\u2019We have already polished on all the aspects of our play including the service, defence, striking and reception\u2019\u2019 Munala remarked.<\/p>\n Kenya Volleyball Federation deputy President and former head coach Paul Bitok believes time is due for Kenya to get past the group phase,or even win a set at the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n \u2018\u2019They should be able to work as a team,polish up on the reception and attack strongly.I believe this time round Kenya can get out of the group\u2019\u2019 Bitok intimated.<\/p>\n Captain and middle blocker Trizah Atuka headlines the squad that also consists charismatic and productive opposite Sharon \u2018Chumba\u2019Kiprono and talented libero Aggripina Kundu. Outside hitter Greek based Veronica Adhiambo will be a key player for Kenya.<\/p>\n Kenya will also count on setters Esther Mutinda and Immaculate Nekesa.Opposite player Pamela Adhiambo showed what she\u2019s capable of doing during the challenger Cup and is set to play a critical role as Kenya chases its first ever win at the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n Malkia Strikers in their second consecutive Olympic Games appearance will seek to improve on their previous showing at the games in which they have failed to advance past the group phase in a total of four appearances.<\/p>\n After the Brazil duel Monday \u00a0Kenya will play two time Bronze winners Poland on Wednesday and then wind up its group B campaign against \u00a01964 and 1976 Olympic Games gold medalists Japan on August 3rd at the South Paris Arena.<\/p>\n Malkia Strikers:<\/strong> Liberos<\/strong>: Aggripina Kundu,\u00a0 Opposite<\/strong>: Sharon Chepchumba,Loice Simiyu,Pamela Adhiambo,Outside Hitters<\/strong>:Veronica Adhiambo,Juliana Namutira,Leonida Kasaya Setters<\/strong>:Emmaculate Nekesa, Esther Mutinda,Middle blockers<\/strong>:Triza Atuka,Edith Wisa,Belinda Barasa,Lorine Chebet,<\/p>\n The post Malkia Strikers bullish ahead of the Brazil opener<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 The national women\u2019s volleyball \u00a0team head coach Japhet Munala is urging his charges to give it all when they open their Olympic Games against Brazil at the Paris Arena,France. Munala is eyeing an upset against the two Olympic Champions placed 18 positions above Kenya in FIVB rankings. Munala declared the team ready ahead of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}