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Kenya's Kipchoge wins men's marathon gold

(FromL) Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa, Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge and USA's Galen Rupp run during the Men's Marathon athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 21, 2016. / AFP PHOTO

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge won the Rio Games men's marathon gold medal on Sunday in an unofficial time of 2hr 8min 44sec.

Kipchoge, 31, finished more than a minute in front of Ethiopian silver medallist Feyisa Lilesa with American Galen Rupp earning bronze.

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