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Deputy President praises fallen hurdles giant as Yego calls for AK to set up academy for sprinters

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Fellow athletes throw flower petals as a sign of celebrating their fallen colleague former 400M hurdle world champion Nicholas Bett during the athlete's burial at Simat in Uasin Gishu County. 16-08-2018. PHOTO BY: KEVIN TUNOI

The 2015 400m hurdles champion Nicholas Bett was laid to rest at Simat location, Uasin Gishu County in a moving ceremony attended by Deputy President William Ruto and hundreds of athletes among them celebrated Olympians.

Speaker after speaker described the late Bett as a trailblazer for Kenyans in hurdling and a humble, hardworking man.

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