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Couple’s unique depiction of star athlete Kipchoge

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Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge celebrates after winning gold medal in men's marathon at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, yesterday morning. [AP]

When Cheryl Nagawa was introduced to Mandela Ondula by his friend Richard Njogu on the sidelines of a 2016 Art Fair exhibition held at the Sarit Centre, the deal was for Mandela to mentor her to become a fine artist.

Little did Cheryl knew that a viral love bug would bite them and that three years into the relationship, the teacher-student would work on a joint artwork of one of the greatest marathoner of all time.

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