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The tormented souls of sports stars

The late Agnes Tirop quenches her thirst after winning the 10,000 km women's final at the National Athletics Championships in 2019 at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi on August 21, 2019. Tirop was found dead at her home with stab wounds on the neck. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

On Thursday last week at 10:30 pm, I got off work, rushing downstairs with one thing on my mind.

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