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Why Bedan Karoki could be the next Samuel Wanjiru: Like fine wine the track star turned marathoner is maturing to excellence with age

Kenyan elite runner Bedan Karoki Muchiri poses during a photocall for the men's marathon elite athletes outside Tower Bridge in central London on April 20, 2017 ahead of the upcoming London Marathon. / AFP PHOTO
 

He started running while in school in Nyahururu and wants to leave a legacy when he hangs up his spikes.

As the world prepares to mark the seventh anniversary of the passing of marathon icon, Samuel Kamau Wanjiru, another athlete from Nyahururu County is slowly but steadily scaling to the apex of long distance running.

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