🇷🇼 #TeamRwanda Returns Home After a Historic #Glasgow2026 Commonwealth Games Campaign
The final Team Rwanda contingent arrived in Kigali this morning, 4 August, officially concluding Rwanda’s participation at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
#Glasgow2026 marked a historic milestone for Rwanda, highlighted by the country’s first-ever #CommonwealthGames medal as Niyonkuru Florence claimed bronze in the Women’s 10,000m. #TeamRwanda also celebrated several national records and personal bests across athletics and swimming
Rwandan judoka Alban Bouvet saw his Men's 60kg campaign come to an end following his opening-round contest against Joshua Katz of Australia.
In a closely contested match, Bouvet displayed determination and discipline, but the Australian capitalized on key moments to progress.
With the conclusion of the judo competition, #TeamRwanda brings to a close its participation at the #Glasgow2026 #CommonwealthGames, a campaign marked by historic achievements, including Rwanda's first-ever Commonwealth Games medal, multiple national records [...]
#TeamRwanda's #Athletics campaign ends with Emeline Imanizabayo's National Record in Women's 5000m, where she finished 9th out of 21, clocking 14:59.92 from the long-standing mark of 15:34.91 set by Nyirarukundo Salome at the 2017 Nijmegen Global Athletics Championships.
Attention now turns to #Judo, where Alban Bouvet will represent Rwanda tomorrow in the Men's 60kg, taking on Joshua Katz of Australia.
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#ParaAthletics: Uwiduhaye Clementine represented Team Rwanda in the Women's T47 100m at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, finishing 8th, and posting her personal best of 13.85 seconds.
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The President of CGA Rwanda, Ms. UMULINGA Alice, participated in the medal presentation ceremony for the Men’s 50m Freestyle S7 Final at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Representing CGA Rwanda, she had the honour of presenting medals to the event’s top three finishers:
🥇 Sadie Christian (South Africa)
🥈 TOH Wei Soong (Singapore)
🥉 DEE Bruce (England)
Her participation reflects Rwanda’s contribution to the successful delivery of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, both on and off the field of play.
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#Swimming: Murenzi Sheja Kean delivered another improved performance at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, recording a personal best of 2:11.02 in the Men's 200m Freestyle.
The new mark improves on his previous personal best of 2:21.25, reflecting progress made at #Glasgow2026
#Athletics: Umutesiwase Magnifique delivered a standout performance in the Women's 200m, finishing 4th in Heat 5 with a time of 23.95 seconds.
Her performance established a new Rwandan National Record, adding another milestone to Team Rwanda's athletics campaign in Glasgow.
Team Rwanda's Judo delegation has arrived in Glasgow ahead of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Rwandan judoka Alban Bouvet, accompanied by his coach Bron Florent Guillaume, has joined Team Rwanda as preparations continue for the Judo competition.
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Over the coming days, Bouvet will undertake familiarization training sessions at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC), allowing him to acclimatize to the competition environment ahead of his Men's 60kg event on 31 July 2026.
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On Day 4 of competition at the #Glasgow 2026 #CommonwealthGames, #Team
Rwanda's swimmers continued to deliver personal milestones in the pool.
Murenzi Sheja Kean finished 5th in his Men's 50m Butterfly heat, with a personal best of 28.74, improving on his previous mark of 29.64.
Jayden Ntwali placed 6th in his Men's 50m Butterfly heat, with a personal best of 29.12, from his previous time of 31.04. He later returned to the pool for the Men's 100m Backstroke, where he finished 7th in his heat with another personal best of 1:12.83, improving from 1:13.50.
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History made! 🇷🇼🥉
Congratulations to Florence Niyonkuru on winning Rwanda’s first-ever Commonwealth Games medal with a bronze in Glasgow, Scotland.
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