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Ondieki: Why I was almost arrested by FBI and the fallout with my Australian wife

Former World record holder 10m Yobes Ondieki at his Elgonview in Eldoret on May 17,2023. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

When sports enthusiasts talk about 10,000m, names of legends such as Naftali Temu, the first Kenyan to win an Olympic gold medal in the 25-lap race, Henry Rono and Paul Tergat pop up.

Yobes Ondieki, the man who broke a six-day-old 10,000m World Record in 1993 (in Oslo) does not often feature prominently.

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