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Why 2021 was a season to forget for Kenya's athletics

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Kenya's Benjamin Kigen reacts after men's 3,000m Steeplechase final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, yesterday. [AP]

Deaths, Covid-19 pandemic and misfortunes conspired to taint Kenya’s 2021 athletics season.

It has been a difficult moment for the athletics fraternity as a myriad of problems kept sweeping across Kenya’s favourite sport.

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