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Eldoret continues to produce heroes worth every bit of their names

Dubai based junior golfer Bradley Mogire who got a wild card to the Magical Kenya Open tournament participates in the Amateur stroke-play championship at Sigona late last year. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

Heroes from yesteryears soon fade from public consciousness. Eldoret town is awash with such heroes whose fame has been extinguished just like the once ubiquitous UHF TV signals.

It takes a combination of a slack news day and lack of scandal for one of those idle WhatsApp group administrators to dig up a grainy video of an Olympics game from several decades ago, to produce some nostalgic recall.

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