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Medal-hungry Makokha tastes bronze on Brazilian golf course

Former Kenya Amateur Matchplay champion Isaac Ogolla Makokha after winning bronze in the Deaflympics Games on Wednesday in Brazil. [Kelly Ayodi, Standard]

An enthusiastic Kenyan crowd broke into song and dance at the par 72 Caxias Do Sul Golf Club in Brazil after former Kenya Amateur Matchplay champion Isaac Ogolla Makokha braved the chilly weather to lift bronze at the ongoing 24th Summer Deaflympics Games on Wednesday evening.

Makokha beat Nico Guldan of Germany by 2-up (two holes) to win the medal in a see-saw affair that went up to the wire.

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