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Kasarani update: AK confirms dropping Saruni from 800m team

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The writing has been on the wall. And finally the jury has delivered its verdict on 800m men’s squad to the 16th IAAF World Athletics Championships in London from Friday.

Beneficiaries walked out smiling while casualties quickly left the residential training camp at Kasarani. And the heated debate across the globe will continue on whether it was right to sacrifice US-based Michael Saruni to accommodate two-time Olympic and world 800m champion David Rudisha and Ferguson Rotich, the 2016 IAAF Diamond League Trophy winner.

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