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Prepare to host World Youth Championships

As the mist clears following Kenya’s winning bid to host the 2017 World Youth Championships, the reality of what it portends and what ought to be done within the next two years quickly set in.

With Kenya having won the World Youth Championships twice in 1999 (Poland) and 2007 (Italy), pressure will be on the country to reclaim the overall title from USA and not allow giants Jamaica, Germany, Russia, China and England sneak in at the top.

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