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One-hit wonders: Trailblazers who left without a goodbye

IAAF Gold League jackpot winner Pamela Jelimo.

They came, conquered and disappeared in a flash. 

Like Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela – which was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for its “highest concentration of lightning” each year – some Kenyan athletics stars hit the world stage in track and road running and faded away like lightning.

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