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For this generation, whenever we reference Olympics, Joshua Cheptegei will easily roll off our limps. The three-time Olympic medalist has made us all guilty.

Before him, it was Stephen Kiprotich whose marathon gold at the London 2012 Olympics ended a 40-year wait.

If you go as far back as the 90s, then Davis Kamoga was the gold standard.

In winning 400m bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Games, the sprinter ended a 24-year wait for a medal. Boxer John ‘The Beast’ Mugabi delivered silver in 1980.

“That bronze was the equivalent to some sort of…