03 August 2021 | Athletics

Ugandan athletes Ronald Musagala and Leni Shida unfortunately crashed out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.

Leni finished 6th in 52:48 falling short on her target of 51:47 - also her personal best and national record.

The sprinter was upstaged by heat winner American star Allyson Felix, Jamaican McGregor Roneisha, Vondrova Lada of Czech Republic, Great Britain’s Pipi Ama and Brazilian Marinho Tiffani. 

“I'm so proud to be an Olympian, especially as a sprinter from Uganda,” Leni shared on her social media.

“I myself of course wanted more, my aim was to break my national record and reach the Semi-finals at least, but I have learnt a lot from this experience and I will work harder than before to make the people of Uganda proud.

“In the end I was the second highest African 400 metres runner in Tokyo but I went out in the heats.”

She added; “Thank you for the support. Thank you to my coaches, thank you to the federation for accepting the invitation after I qualified.

“And thank you to Pho3nix Foundation for allowing me to race in Europe. Without that I wouldn't have made it here.

“As a girl I watched @allysonfelix and wanted to be like her and be an Olympian, today I achieved my dream and raced against my idol. I will keep striving and I will keep rising.”

Musagala unfortunately suffered a DNF after he bowed out due to a muscular problem. He was offered a wheel chair and helped off the track in a bizarre ending. 

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