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The fall of athletics giants that laid Kenya's golden egg

Bro Colm O’Connell [Photo: Courtesy]

From south pole to north pole, Kenyan athletes have required no prop to stand tall on the global scene.

That’s since 1954 when the late Nyantika Maiyoro became the first Kenyan to compete international at the Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.

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