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BANKING ON JAPANESE STYLE: For Karoki, Barsoton, they will be 'home' away home in Guiyang

By JONATHAN KOMEN | Mar. 22, 2015
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Bedan Karoki wins the 12km senior men race during the IAAF Permit/KCB National Cross Country Championship at Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi on 14-02-2014.PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO

The national athletics team will arrive in Guiyang, China, for the 41st IAAF world cross country championships just two days before the bi-annual global showpiece.

But Leonard Barsoton and Bedan Karoki, who live and work in Japan, do not lose any sleep over the limited time to  acclimatise.

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