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Former African Games champion Clement Kemboi dies in Iten
Kemboi Clement of Kenya celebrates after winning gold in the 3000m men's steeplechase in the 11th Africa Games in Brazzaville on September 13, 2015.
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The 2015 African Games 3,000m steeplechase champion, Clement Kemboi, is dead.
According to Elgeyo Marakwet County Police Commander Peter Mulinge, Kemboi's lifeless body was found hanging by a rope tied on a tree at St Patrick High school farm within Koisungur village in Iten on Tuesday.
