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Echoes from the past: When the saints conquer Mt Olympian

Munich Olympic Games [Courtesy]

For 40 years, St Patrick’s School has produced top athletes

When 19-year-old  Mike Murei, a student at St Patrick’s High School, Iten, featured in the 400 meters hurdles race at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, he did not win a medal but made history. He was the first of the many ‘saints’ who would storm the world of athletics to bring home many medals and make Kenya a powerhouse in the discipline.

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