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Solomon Kyagulanyi, aka ‘Kampala’, the first son to musician cum politician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine, is a newbie sprinter.
Solomon Kyagulanyi, aka ‘Kampala’, the first son to musician cum politician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine, has revealed that he has only spent four months as an active athlete.
To the surprise of many, Kampala was recently a bronze medal-winning sprinter at an athletics event dubbed ‘Ultimate Nights’ in Dubai.
Pulse Sports Uganda confirms that Kampala is a Makerere University Athletics Club member and is nursing dreams of becoming a star athlete.
He settled for the highly competitive 100m, 200m and 4x100m relays.
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At the most recent national trials, he posted a time of 24.72, settling for the third position in his heat.
The result is also his personal best.
Uganda Police athlete Allan Ngobi posted 21.08, followed by Adoli Haron of Uganda Prisons, who registered 21.16, and Jagalo Joshua of Uganda Police, who posted 21.85 to earn their positions in the national team.
Kampala is determined to make arguing that he is a beginner.
“My first national trials at Namboole Stadium. Well, in, acceptable performance in the 200m, where I came third. There is still a lot of room for improvement”, he posted on Instagram.
“I am only four months in the sport”, he added.
Kampala is also a student of St Mary’s College, Kisubi.
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