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Kenya's Rio-bound team refuses to leave without Julius Yego

By Jonathan Komen | Aug. 8, 2016

NAIROBI: There was drama at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport yesterday morning when track and field athletes declined to board a plane to Rio de Janeiro.

The team declined to board the plane without javelin World champion Julius Yego. They only agreed when Mr Yego was finally given a ticket. Yego, unbelievably, had not been given a ticket, together with 1500m gold prospect Elijah Motonei Manangoi and Marathon legend and coach Catherine Ndereba.

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