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FILE: Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge  October 12 2019 in Vienna. [AFP]

Kenya’s national anthem was the last to be played in Rio, Brazil during the 2016 Olympics courtesy of world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge.

Kipchoge had raced to an Olympic gold medal and he had to be awarded the medal before the closing ceremony at the iconic Maracana Stadium.

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