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BAD NIGHT IN BRUSSELS: Kenyans end Diamon League with poor show, now target 2016 Rio Olympics

Kiplagat of Kenya and Makhloufi of Algeria compete during the men's 1500 metres at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meet in Brussels

Kenya’s athletic bigwigs performed dismally at the Memorial Van Damme, the final meeting of the IAAF Diamond League in Brussels, Belgium.

World 400m hurdles champion Nicholas Bett, three-time world 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop and silver medallist Elijah Manangoi –lining up in 800m –and world javelin champion Julius Yego could not take the heat on Friday night, even failing to appear in podium places.

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