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SCANDALOUS NOCK! Water mix-up by athletics officials costs Korir and Biwott medal dream

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Wesley Korir, of Kenya, right, hands a bottle of water to eventual winner Eliud Kipchoge, also of Kenya, in the men's marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016.

Wesley Korir, the MP for Cherangany and Rio Team Kenya captain, is furious with the manner in which Kenya officials manned water points during Sunday’s Olympic marathon showdown.

Korir, fourth-placed at the Boston Marathon race last April, said the mix-up of water cost him the chase for Olympic silver.

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