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How youngster Ronald Kwemoi spoiled Forces showdown

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Rogders Kwemoi on his way to winning the 10km Senior men race during the AK/LOTTO National Cross Country Championship at the Ngong Race Course on February 13, 2021. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

The atmosphere was electrifying. Athletics enthusiasts flocked Nairobi’s Ngong Racecourse to watch the clash pitting stars from the uniformed forces.

In that gunpowder was two-time World cross country champion Geoffrey Kamworor of National Police Service and world half marathon record holder Kibiwott Kandie of Kenya Defence Forces –and, at best, former World cross country silver medalist Bedan Karoki.

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