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Hit Squad eager to evoke Wangila’s spirit as they search for elusive Olympic Games gold

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The late Kenyan boxer Robert Wangila who died after a fight with an opponent in Las Vegas. [Courtesy]

It was at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea that Kenya won her first-and-only Olympic gold in boxing. That was 33 years ago.

The rare fete was accomplished by the late Robert Napunyi Wangila, a legendary pugilist whose glittering career ended tragically after suffering head injuries in a knockout loss to David Gonzales in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States.

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