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| Geoffery Kirui of Moi Air Base leads his team-mates Mark Kiptoo (left) and Leonard Oloitiptip in during the Kenya Defence Forces Cross Country Championship at Kahawa Garrison in Nairobi on 16-01-2015. Geoffery Kirui won the race in time of 35:58.0. PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO |
The triumphs of 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships 10,000m bronze medalist Geoffrey Kirui and little-known Sela Jepleting provided exciting headlines at the 35th Kenya Defence Forces cross-country meeting at Kahawa Barracks, Nairobi, on Friday.
Kirui, who finished 12th at the 2013 World Cross-Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, produced a sudden burst of speed in the homestretch to upset reigning Frankfurt marathon champion Mark Kiptoo in a tough three-way battle that also had champion Leonard Oloitiptip in the windswept 12km race at the Kahawa Garrison circuit.