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Kenya finally strike first gold

Kenya’s Jonathan Kitilit and Kenya’s Wycliffe Kinyamal celebrate after the athletics men's 800m final during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast on April 12, 2018. / AFP PHOTO /

Africa junior 800m bronze medallist Wycliffe Kinyamal put smiles on the faces of Kenyan fans yesterday after he won gold at Carrara Stadium in Gold Coast, Australia.

The victory came just hours after Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa made a rallying call at the Athletes’ Village for the team deliver the elusive gold medal.

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