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Funeral: Why Chumo is John the Baptist of Kenyan athletics

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Pallbearers sit around the casket bearing the remains of the legendary athlete the late Wilson Kiprugut Chumo during the funeral service held at Kiphbor war in Kericho county.[Standard]

A sombre mood engulfed mourners who had gathered to witness the funeral of Wilson Kiprugut Chumo at his home in Kericho County yesterday.

Chumo was an athletics legend, who won Kenya and Africa's first Olympic medal (800m), at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

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