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NARROW MISS: Ian Mutuku finishes fourth in 400m and blames wrong spikes

Gold medalist Martin Manley (right) of Jamaica en route to winning the men’s 400m gold at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, yesterday. Kenya’s Ian Mutuku finished fourth in this race. [PHOTO: XINHUA]

Kenya missed out on its first medal yesterday morning in the Youth Olympics boys’ 400m in Nanjing, China.

Ian Mutuku finished out of the medal bracket at fourth position, and blamed his performance  on not running in the right spikes which he said affected him, especially over the last 100m.

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