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Kenyans hope gamble by athletics chiefs pays off

Since Kenya won a gold medal over 10,000m at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, the country has not registered victory over the distance and also in the 5,000m at the Olympics.

Despite winning gold medals over the distances at the World Championships with the latest being Vivian Cheruiyot’s double in Daegu, Korea, last year, the Olympics has been a hard nut to crack.

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