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How alcohol almost killed Olympic champion, Wilfred Bungei

Wilfred Bungei

As Samuel Wanjiru, Kenya’s first Olympic marathon gold medalist, lay dying on a cement slab in his home on May 15, 2011, fellow Olympian and track hero Wilfred Bungei, one of the world’s fastest 800-metre runners, was not running for gold, but death: Suicide.

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