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Focus on course record: Kenya’s elite take on Ethiopian challenge in Chicago on Sunday

Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge passes the finish line of the Marathon Rotterdam, on April 13, 2014. 29 years-old Kipchoge won the race in 2.05.00. AFP PHOTO/ANP KOEN VAN WEEL netherlands out (L)Commonwealth Winner of 10, 000M race Florence Kiplagat cross the line to win Women Category of the 1st Edition of County Pension Fund, CPF, Nairobi Diamond 10KM Run after clocking 31:42.0 at Uhuru Park on Sunday, August 17th, 2014. Photo/Jonah Onyango.

Kenya's marathon runners jetted out of the country yesterday in hunt for glory in Sunday's Chicago Marathon.

Rotterdam Marathon winner Eliud Kipchoge and women's defending champion Rita Jeptoo will lead Kenya's assault at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.

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