David GOMBE
After 16 days of competitors, the 2024 Paris Olympic video games climaxed on Sunday within the French capital.
Workforce Uganda completed joint fifty fifth together with Botswana with two medals every, made up of 1 gold and one silver medal.
The 2 medals have been received by Joshua Cheptegei (10000m gold) and Peruth Chemutai (3000m Ladies’s Steeplechase silver).
This was nonetheless a decline to Uganda’s efficiency on the Tokyo video games have been the East African nation completed thirty fifth with 4 medals (two golds, one silver and a bronze).
Kenya completed in 17 place and have been the highest ranked African nation after garnering 4 gold, two silver and 5 bronze for a complete of 11.
Different African international locations which made the medals desk embrace Algeria who have been positioned joint thirty ninth with two gold and one bronze for a complete of three.
The others are South Africa in joint forty fourth with a complete six medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze), and Ethiopia in forty seventh with a complete of 4 (1 gold, 3 silver).
Egypt and Tunisia have been joint 52nd with a complete of three medals every, one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.
Morocco was positioned sixtieth with one gold and one bronze for a complete two, whereas Côte d’Ivoire have been in 84th place alongside Cape Verde and Zambia with one bronze every.
West African nation Nigeria didn’t make the medals desk on the Video games which had 205 international locations taking part.
In the meantime, USA received the XXXIII version after profitable 40 gold medals, 44 silver and 42 bronze.
The Individuals completed above China courtesy of profitable extra silver than the Asians who scooped 27 silver medals
Japan have been third with 20 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze for a complete of 45, whereas Australia have been in fourth place with 18 gold, 19 silver and 16 bronze for a complete of 53.
Host nation France was in fifth place with 16 gold, 26 silver and 22 bronze making a complete of 64.
The subsequent version of the Video games is scheduled for 2028 in Los Angeles in the US of America.
Uganda now has managed 13 medals in Olympic video games historical past, eight of those together with all of the 5 golds coming in athletics.
