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Athletics: Why Paralympian silver medalist Otieno was honored by world beater Mbuva after a 23-year hiatus

Paralympic and Commonwealth Games silver medalist  Alex Otieno (in wheelchair) with 2018 Black Excellence 5K road race runners up Festus Kasyoka Mbuva at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi on Wednesday 20, 2022. PHOTO/COURTESY 

A nagging right foot injury almost brought athletics career of former New England Road Race series ace Festus Kasyoka Mbuva to a halt in 1999.

The 2018 Black Excellence 5K runners up visited many hospitals but no doctor was able to treat the condition that was taking a toll on the runner, both physically and mentally.

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