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Mucheru pulls surprise and bags silver medal in 400m hurdles race

Boniface Mucheru of Kenya competes Men's 400m hurdles finals in Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 16/08/2016

Boniface Mucheru, the Africa champion, went to the starting line with a promise to deliver Kenya's maiden Olympics 400m men's hurdles gold medal.

He could not manage it. Despite this, even the most hardened soul stood up when he settled for silver – losing the gold to America's Kerron Clement by the thickness of his vest.

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