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Jacob Krop during a training session at Chewoyet secondary school in kapenguria on December 18,2019. [Dennis Okeyo, Standard]

Jacob Krop, sixth at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, is poised to be a star in the future.

The 17-year-old Krop, a Form Three Student at Chewoyet High School in West Pokot, stunned the sporting world when he made the national team to the global showpiece last October.

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