Kenya’s Sarah Mose makes big splash on opening day of Africa Swimming Championships

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 6, 2026 – Kenyan swimmer Sarah Mose gained bronze on Day One of the Africa Aquatics Swimming Championships in Oran, Algeria on Wednesday morning.

Mose clocked a nationwide file of 57.49 seconds to complete third within the girls’s 100 metres freestyle.

Uganda’s Gloria Muzito gained gold after clocking 55.65 seconds to seize first place as Zimbabwean Paige Van Der Westhuizen needed to be content material with silver after timing 56.54 seconds in second place.

Wednesday’s end result marked one other feather within the cap for Mose who has steadily and certainly established herself as one of many nation’s high swimmers.

The Poland-based athlete’s final competitors was finally yr’s World Championships in Singapore the place she set a private finest (PB) of 25.96 within the girls’s 50m freestyle.

The 19-year-old was additionally a part of the 4x100m medley relay crew that cruised to a nationwide file of 04:07.72 on the similar competitors.

Kenya contingent consists at this yr’s continental competitors contains 12 swimmers who’re tasked with bettering the nation’s outcomes from the final version in Luanda, Angola in 2024.

Besides Mose, different swimmers to regulate embrace Imara Bella Thorpe, Haniel Kudwoli, Iman Ngaruiya, Jeremy Mutwii, Iqbaal Bayusuf, Swaleh Talib, Baraka Nyakundi, Stephen Ndegwa, Nathan Matimu, Isabelle Mwangi and South Africa-based Neo Olengo.