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GOLD COUNT STARTS: Kenya sweep medals on offer in the 5,000m and men's steeplechase in Congo

Kemboi Clement of Kenya celebrates as he wins the Gold medal in the 3000m mens steeplechase in the 11th Africa Games in Brazzaville on September 13, 2015. AFP PHOTO/MONIRUL BHUIYAN

The goose that lays the golden eggs did not disappoint. Athletics announced Kenya’s presence at the Africa Games loud and clear when the track and field competition started here on Sunday. Not only did the Kenyan girls sweep all the medals in the 5,000m, they predictably ran away with gold and silver in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase.

So dominant were Kenyans in the women’s race, which ended the evening programme, that they completely reduced Ethiopia, their would-have-been rivals, to also-rans.

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