Posted to the web 25 July 2008 Bonnie Mugabe Kigali Jean de Dieu Nkundabera has been authorized to resume training after spending up to a week nursing an ankle injury. The 2004 Athens Paralympics bronze medalist twisted his ankle last week while training at Amahoro stadium as he prepares for this year's Beijing Paralympics Games set for September 6-17 in China. The Olympics team doctor Patrick Rutamu told Times Sport yesterday that the 27-year-old is now free to resume training. "He (Nkundabera) had not been training since last week due to an injured ankle but he is now fit to continue training," Rutamu said. Nkundabera will be Rwanda sole representative at the Beijing Paralympics Games where he will be hoping for a repeat of the 2004 heroics in Athens. Nkundabera won Rwanda's first ever Paralympics or Olympic medal in any...
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