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Kenya's Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot celebrates in front of Ethiopia's Gelete Burka PHOTO: STANDARD

Kenya's biggest sporting moment kicks off at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this evening –with women's 10,000m final and men's 800m round one races on the card.

The women's showpiece would be historic as Kenya has never won the 10,000m gold since her first stab at the Olympics in 1956.

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