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Posted to the web 3 July 2008

Chris MusumbaNairobi

Former world indoor 800 metres champion, Wilfred Bungei hopes to take his final bow on the ultimate stage - at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

But first, the 28-year-old has to deal with the "small matter" of qualifying for next month's Games at this weekend's Athletics Kenya Olympic track and field trials at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi.

GA_googleFillSlot("AllAfrica_Story_Inset"); Bungei exploded onto the global stage as a teenager when he raced to a silver medal at the 1998 IAAF World Junior Championships in Annecy, France, in a time of one minute, 47.53 seconds. The Kapsabet-born star then graduated to the seniors'ranks where be bagged another silver at the 2001 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Edmonton in 1:44.55.

His progress in the two-lap race was, however, slowed down by perennial injuries.

But his hour of glory came in Moscow in 2006 when he finally climbed t...

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