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Faye Njie knocked out of Olympics

Jul 30, 2024, 11:59 AM | Article By: Cherno Omar Bobb

Gambian Judoka Faye Njie was on Monday 29th July 2024 got eliminated out of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Faye, who was making his third Olympics appearance for The Gambia received two cautious before being penalized on non-combative.

He faced a Spaniard fighter in the 73 kg category in the round of 32.

The Commonwealth silver medalist secured his Olympics qualification after securing a continental quota spot after collected enough points.

Faye, who is the first Judoka to ever represent The Gambia at Olympics level faced a major injury that forced him to be off the competitions for more than 4 months during the qualification period. Fortunately, he made his comeback just a month before the decisive qualifying competition in Cairo.