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Kipyegon Bett: Budding talent that was cut short after doping ban in 2018

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Kipyegon Bett of Kenya reacts as he wins in the men's 800 meter during the Shanghai Diamond League athletics competition in Shanghai May 13, 2017. [AFP]

Before 2018, Kipyegon Bett, who died on Sunday, was touted as the next David Rudisha.

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