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At the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China, Kenyan stars entered the iconic Birds Nest Stadium boasting 45 gold medals Kenya had collected since inception in 1983 - but without gold in sprint races.
And Nicholas Bett, who had just quit volleyball for 400m hurdles, did the unthinkable: Lining up in lane nine, Bett blew away the strong field and struck Kenya’s first gold medal in the sprints. He broke the then Erick Keter’s 22-year national record setting 47.79 mark.
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