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Blow as Simader abruptly pulls out of Games

Kenya's Sabrina Simader at the Saalbach 2025 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. [AFP]

Kenya will be represented by only Issa Laborde Gachiringi at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Italy following a late withdrawal of Sabrina Simader. The games kick off today.

Simader told Olympics.com that she was prepared to compete in her second Olympic Games following PyeongChang 2018 after retiring in July, but she has been forced to pull out.

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