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Athletics legend Japheth Kimutai nurses big goals years after retirement

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Former 800m Commonwealth champion Japhet Kimutai in an interview at his athletics camp in Cheptigit village, in Kaptagat, Uasin Gishu. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

Former 800m commonwealth champion Japheth Kimutai lives a life of coincidences. The retired athlete ran his last race in 2003, but he is nursing a big ambition.

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