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Let’s rally behind our Olympic team

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The Olympic Games in Brazil have been going on for about a week and some Kenyans are beginning to feel a little disappointed that there is still no gold medal in the bag.

After the 10,000 metres women’s final, and Vivian Cheruiyot’s second place finish — she was well behind Ethiopian gold medallist Almaz Ayana who set a world record of 29 minutes, 17.45 seconds — the disillusionment is to some degree understandable.

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