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Latest story 8 minute readThe Hidden Speed Gene and Ka Ying Rising
A once-in-a-generation sprinter, a 300-year-old secret, and the genetic coin flips that delivered it to him
Ka Ying Rising defends his Everest crown. The 300-year-old Speed Gene story behind him, and what his pedigree reveals, in plain English.
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