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I take defeat positively, says Kipchoge fail to retain London title

Olympic marathon winner Eliud Kipchoge failed to retain his London marathon title ran today in England.

The world marathon record holder finished in position eight in a race won by Ethiopia’s Shura Kitata as Vincent Kipchumba managed second position.

On his official twitter account, Kipchoge wrote: “I take this defeat positively as I focus to another race.”

He added: “After 25 kilometers my ear blocked and it couldn’t open anymore. But this is how sport is, we should accept defeat and focus for the winning next time.”

Kitata (2:05.41) set revenge against Kipchoge 2:05.41 who beat him to second place during the 2018 London Marathon. Kipchumba was second in 2:05.42

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