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Ugandan rower Kathleen Noble is relishing another opportunity to represent her country of birth at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 27-year-old became the first Ugandan to play the sport at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics last year, completing her regatta as the second top-placed African in the 2000m women’s single scull held in July at the Sea Forest Waterway. Like any athlete, returning to the world’s biggest sporting festival remains on Noble’s mind. Tokyo was surreal But the rower, born in Uganda to Irish missionary parents, would derive more satisfaction from another Ugandan making it to the Games – …