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Travel chaos cost Team Kenya 10,000m medal

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Javelin thrower Julius Yego arrives in Asaba

Ethiopia and Uganda shut out of the 10,000m podium fatigued Kenyan athletes as the Africa Senior Athletics Championship got underway in Asaba, Nigeria.

Arriving two hours to the starting gun after enduring a troubling two-day nightmare at Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, the Kenyans were no match for the fresher Ethiopians.

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