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It pays to make a dignified exit and find an escape route

Opposition leader Raila Odinga

Ezekiel Kemboi did not see the wheel of time turning. He did not listen to what his body was telling him. The erstwhile Kenyan 3,000 metres steeplechase marvel is accordingly in the news for all the wrong reasons.

Kemboi first bagged gold in Athens in 2004. He would repeat the feat in London in 2012. But he did a lot more. He took gold in the World Championships in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015.

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