Uganda’s rower Kathleen Noble has finished her Tokyo 2020 journey with a 2nd place finish in the women’s single sculls Final E. The race started at 2:15am and she posted 8:07.00 behind Qatari Tula Abujbara. She improved her first race time by 14 seconds and 85 micro seconds.
In the semi-final, she made it in the second place with 8:31:67 to qualify for the final slot. The performance in the Final E earned her a respectable 26th slot overall and by far, Africa’s second best female rower.
Kathleen made history by becoming the first ever rower from Uganda and East Africa to participate in the Olympic Games.