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Ruth Jebet feted by Bahrain King after winning the first gold medal for the country

Ruth Jebet, the ex-Kenyan who won gold at the Rio olympics was received like a queen at her adopted country Bahrain.

The athlete who changed her Kenyan citizenship when she was just 16 years old, won the first and only gold medal for Bahrain in the history of the country.

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