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Gold medallist Kenya's Mercy Cherono poses on the podium during the award ceremony for the women's 5000m athletics event at Hampden Park during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on August 2, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC
The fertile and in some instances yet rocky village of Kipajit village, Chemagel constituency, Sotik in Bomet County came alive when its most-famous daughter and star athlete, Mercy Cherono got formally engaged in a traditional ceremony that will for long linger in the collective memories of those who attended.
Cherono — a former 3000m junior champion and Commonwealth 5000m gold medallist — accepted the hand of US-educated Edmond Samoei as she moved one step towards saying bye to the single-ladies club during the koito, as the ceremony is called in her Kipsigis dialect.
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