The Paris Olympics is about a year away. Which means that now is the time athletes around the world are trying to qualify — including Alexandra Ndola, a German-Polish-Kenyan fencer. Last year she decided to compete for Kenya, where she is trying to grow the sport of fencing. The World’s Halima Gikandi brings us her story from the capital Nairobi.
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