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One of the saddest moments in Kenya’s athletic history happened three weeks ago, when legendary Kenyan athlete Henry Rono returned to Kenya after 33 years away, and hardly anybody noticed his return save for his family and a few journalists and close friends.
I am talking about the King of long distance running in the 70s and 80s, who in the summer of 1978, broke four athletics World records in 81 days, during a period where he won 31 races in a row! He was then at Washington State University in the USA.
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