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London Marathon: Eldoret sings Vivian Cheruiyot, Eliud Kipchoge

Olympic Games champions Vivian Cheruiyot and Eliud Kipchoge were the winners of 2018 Virgin London marathon held today in England.

Kenya police service cross country, Augustine Choge, Eliud Kipchoge, IAAF World Half marathon,

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Police Service cross country: Augustine Choge set to defend his title

With two important world athletics events-World Half marathon championships in Valencia, Spain and Africa Cross country championships in Algeria-each athlete will be seeking a ticket to one them.

London marathon, Virgin London marathon, Mary Keitany, Toby Tanser, Shoe4Africa, Eliud Kipchoge, Sally Kipyego, Wilson Aruasa, New York City marathon, Shalane Flagnan,

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Mary Keitany: My focus is a better 2018

She had a successful 2017 but she has set her focus on 2018 and beyond, seeking a better season.

Mary Keitany, Mary Jepkosgey Keitany, Vivian Cheruiyot, Priscah Jeptoo, Magdalene Masai, Caroline Chepkoech, Great North Run half marathon, Great North Run, Charles Koech, Kenya’s Mary Keitany took 41 seconds off the women’s-only world record* at the Virgin Money London Marathon, running 2:17:01 at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on Sunday (23). Keitany said in the build-up to this year’s race she was in shape to break Paula Radcliffe’s mark of 2:17:42 and while she demurred when asked about the possibility of bettering Radcliffe’s outright mark of 2:15:25, Keitany was running minutes inside Radcliffe’s schedule in the first half. Paced by her training partner Caroline Kipkirui, Keitany cut loose from arguably the most accomplished field in race history with an astonishingly fast third mile 4:37. Through 5km in 15:31 and 10km in 31:17, Keitany was running at close to 2:10 pace while the second group – which was already beginning to splinter – hit 10km in 31:31, exactly half a minute faster than Radcliffe in 2003. Keitany, who covered the fourth and fifth miles in 4:56 and 4:59 respectively, was still within sight of the second group at 10km but the 34-year-old was away and clear with a succession of mile splits faster than 5:10 through the 10-mile mark in 50:41. Her half marathon split of 1:06:54 was the fastest in marathon history (Radcliffe ran 1:08:02 in 2003) and her advantage had extended to 59 seconds over the chasers, including track greats Tirunesh Dibaba, Vivian Cheruiyot, former winner Aselefech Mergia and world silver medallist Helah Kiprop. “I know Mary is a fast runner and I was following my own pace and until halfway, I was on track but I was never expecting she would go that fast and maintain it,” said an incredulous Dibaba after the race. This early pace had already torn the second group asunder. Former winner Tigist Tufa and world champion Mare Dibaba had lost more than three minutes on the second group with the latter dropping out after the 30km mark. Keitany was also beginning to slow with a 14th mile of 5:21 before four successive miles in the 5:14-5:18 range. Through 30km in a pending world record of 1:36:05, Keitany was still 31 seconds faster than Radcliffe in 2003 but her preceding 5km split of 16:22 was her slowest thus far. Keitany’s mile splits had started to drift into the 5:20 range and while Dibaba seemed to be running with more fluidity, her lead stayed at more than one minute through 35km in 1:52:39. The overall world record was beyond reach but Keitany was still on course to smash Radcliffe’s women’s-only world record. Dibaba was running at a fantastic pace in just her second marathon, but after such a fast start she had to stop due to stomach cramps in the 23rd mile. She quickly gathered herself, but in spite of her fantastic credentials over the shorter distances there was no way she was going to catch Keitany. After covering the preceding two miles in 5:27 and 5:25 respectively, Keitany spurted again with a 26th mile in 4:56 to ensure she would take a sizeable chunk off Radcliffe’s 12-year-old women’s-only world record with 2:17:01, the second-fastest time in the history of women’s marathon running. “I want to thank the pacemaker who was taking me all the way to 14 miles,” said Keitany. “From there, I started to go alone and see how my body was.” Dibaba rallied in the closing stages to finish second in 2:17:56, taking more than a minute from Tiki Gelana’s Ethiopian record and becoming the third-fastest woman in history. “I haven’t decided yet but my gut feeling is I’ll be running the 10,000m on the track,” said Dibaba on her plans for the IAAF World Championships London 2017 this summer. Mergia was beset by leg cramps in the closing stages but the 2010 champion accrued another podium finish in third in 2:23:08 while Cheruiyot, who equalled her half-marathon lifetime best of 1:07:54 en route, faded to fourth on her debut in 2:23:50.

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Aims: Eliud Kipchige, Mary Keitany are the best

Olympic Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge and 2012 Olympic Marathon silver medalist Mary Keitany won this year’s best marathon title.

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New York Marathon: Geoffrey Kamworor targets World Half marathon

New York City marathon champion Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor has set his focus to defend his title at 2018 IAAF World Half marathon title set for Valencia in Spain.

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Frankfurt Marathon: Vivian Cheruiyot wins her first marathon title

Competing in her second marathon, former track mistress Vivian Cheruiyot won her maiden marathon title in today’s (Sunday 29th) Frankfurt Marathon.

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Family Bank Half Marathon: Eliud Kipchoge to grace as Jorum Lumbasi todefend title

Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge will be the star attraction at this year’s Eldoret Family bank Half marathon as Jorum Lumbasi will be on the starting line up to defend his title.

Chicago marathon, Abel Kirui, Zersenay Tadese, Dennis Kimetto, Florence Kiplagat, Eliud Kipchoge, Bernard Kipyego

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Chicago marathon: Kenyans Abel Kirui, Florence Kiplagat set to defend titles

Chicago marathon champions Abel Kirui and Florence Kiplagat have been included in this year’s race set for October.

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Vivian Cheruiyot, the best of the best at SOYA

She stepped on the podium with smiles to receive her Sports Personality of the Year Award (SOYA) as the best sports person in 2016 to wrap up the awards for sports persons in the country as runners dominated the awards at the Thursday night’s event at Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Nairobi.

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Injera, Nzoia fc for Soya awards

Collins Injera, who produced a stellar performance in 2016 during IRB world seven’s Series has been listed as the Sportsman of the Year category ahead of January 20th Sports Personality of the Year Award (SOYA).

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London Marathon: Eldoret sings Vivian Cheruiyot, Eliud Kipchoge

Police Service cross country: Augustine Choge set to defend his title

Mary Keitany: My focus is a better 2018

Aims: Eliud Kipchige, Mary Keitany are the best

New York Marathon: Geoffrey Kamworor targets World Half marathon

Frankfurt Marathon: Vivian Cheruiyot wins her first marathon title

Family Bank Half Marathon: Eliud Kipchoge to grace as Jorum Lumbasi todefend title

Chicago marathon: Kenyans Abel Kirui, Florence Kiplagat set to defend titles

Vivian Cheruiyot, the best of the best at SOYA

Injera, Nzoia fc for Soya awards

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