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Joy, tears in first quest for Olympic glory

BY PETER NJENGA

KENYA: At the  beginning there were the pioneers. It had taken Kenya 12 years to produce an Olympic champion and 19 long years since Nyandika Maiyoro first ventured into the British East Africa Colony athletics competition in 1949.

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