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Celebration after bid win: AK rivals unite as Kenya prepares to stage 2017 WYC

Kenyan delegation celebrate winning of the bid for 2017 World Youth Championships in Monaco on Tuesday.

Celebrations reverberated across the Kenyan athletics political divide after Kenya successfully won the bid to host the 2017 IAAF World Youth Championships.

After winning the bid that was held in Monaco, on Tuesday evening, Kenya becomes the second African country to host the world event after Morocco did in 2005. The biennial world event started in 1999 in Bydgoszcz, Poland, where Kenya won 10 medals (5 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze) to be ranked position one overall. The nation has been performing well in each event.

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