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Tributes flow for former Kenyan Athletics administrator John Velzian who died age 93

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Ex-Kenyan Athletics administrator John Velzian [photo courtesy]

National Olympic Committee of Kenya President Paul Tergat on Thursday led Kenyans in mourning former Kenyan Athletics administrator John Velzian who died at the age of 93.

Velzian died on Thursday morning while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Nairobi.

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