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Six top athletes who broke racial barriers, found love abroad

Our athletics big shots raced into marriage [Photo: Courtesy]

Kenya no longer vibrates with lonely hearts thanks to athletics. The sport stands out as the fulcrum upon which sparks of love unite sporting talents from different continents.

Kenyan men and women still treasure their African culture despite having residences, and even nationalities, abroad and they had to stay true to culture in the case of women who had to cross borders and stay at their marital home as culture demands.

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