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- Before Kip Keino came
- along, there were no
- world-famous African
- runners. Kip started
- something: Today, most of
- the worldΓÇÖs best runners come from Africa.
-
- Kip came from Kenya, a country in eastern
- Africa. At the 1964 Summer Olympics, the
- first Games in which his country took part,
- Kip finished fifth in the 5,000-meter race. In
- 1965, he set world records in the 3,000-
- meter and 5,000-meter runs.
-
- Kip did most of his running in the mountains
- of Kenya, about 6,000 feet above sea level.
- At high altitude, thereΓÇÖs less oxygen and
- the body has to work harder. Most
- people believe that training helped