This song of triumph is soothing and moving, why don't we sing as beautifully, all the time?

A great sporting week for the nation, when TV sets momentarily switched from those noisy channels transmitting largely from rural England, to pay attention to something more dignified like athletics.

I do not exclude Gor Mahia and AFC's recent action at the Nyayo Stadium; they, too, displayed their best, and tested first-hand the possibilities of Nairobi governor's famous grass surviving a serious trampling from well-fed men, or his stony kerbs being yanked free.