PARIS, France — Current and former Angelo State University Rambelles Fatoumata Kabo and Daisy Osakue will compete in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics for their home country of Italy in August.
Kabo, a studio art major from Carpenedolo, Italy, will run in the 4x400-meter relay. Osakue, of Turin, Italy, graduated with a degree in communications, make a return to the world stage in the discus.
Kabo was a two-time NCAA Division II Outdoor National Champion this past season, winning the 400-meter hurdles (57.39) while also helping the Belles to a 4x400-meter relay title with a time of 3:32.88, setting a new program record.
Osakue competed for the Rambelles from 2017-2021, and holds Osakue the Top 10 all-time marks in the discus for ASU. She won two national titles in the discus during her time at the university and was an eight-time All-American in the discus and shot put. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Osakue reached the finals with a throw of 63.66m (208-10), tying the Italian national record at the time.
Osaukue will begin the qualifying round of the discus Aug. 2, while Kabo will run in round one of the 4x400-meter relay Aug. 9.