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Kenya longs to kill two birds with one stone at Oregon World Championships

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Kenya's Stanley Waithaka and Edward Zakayo celebrate silver and Bronze in boy's 3000m finals during the IAAF World U18 Championships at Kasarani Stadium on Sunday 16/07/17.Photo/Elvis Ogina (Nairobi)

Kenyan men’s team are keen to make history by ending gold droughts in 5,000m and 10,000m at the 18th World Athletics Championships that start at Hayward Field inside University of Oregon in Eugene, USA, on Friday.

It remains a riddle as to when men will reclaim the 10,000m title that Charles Kimathi won in Edmonton, Canada, in 2001.

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