African Athletes Shine On Glo-sponsored CNN Show

Winnie Okoth of Kenya 

 

The latest edition of the Glo-sponsored African Voices on Cable News Network (CNN) will again be featuring promising athletes from the continent of Africa. 

According to a press statement from the sponsors, Globacom, the weekend’s edition of the programme will focus on the activities of three of the continent’s athletes who are dominating their respective sports across the world

The athletes are Winnie Okoth, Othmane Choufani and Tiranesh Dibaba.

The first to be showcased is 26 year-old Winnie Okoh, a Kenyan and a coach at CrossFit Kwetu. The talented lady is redefining and creating a path in weightlifting, a field dominated by the opposite sex.

Winnie was crowned fittest woman in Kenya in 2017. Her ambitions are to empower the young generation to stay fit by embracing weightlifting and to bring home medals when she represents Kenya at the Olympics 2020

The second athlete being celebrated is Othmane ‘Hotman’ Choufani, a big wave professional surfer from Agadir, Morocco. 23-year-old Othmane has participated at Mavericks, Teahupoo, Jaws, and Puerto Escondido.

• Othmane ‘Hotman’ Choufani from Morocco

The third athlete, Tirunesh Dibaba, is of Ethiopian descent. She competes in long distance track events and international road races. She is the 5000 metres (outdoor track) world record holder and has won three Olympic track gold medals and five World Championship track gold medals, amongst other titles.

Catch CNN African Voices at 11.30 a.m. on Friday , 7 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Saturday and 12.30 a.m., 4.30 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Sundays, 5 a.m. on Monday and at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday.