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Kenyan athletes chase ‘Virgin Money’ in London Marathon

Kenya athletes at the 2016 Chicago Marathon Abel Kirui, of Kenya, wins the Chicago Marathon, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

It’s a do-or-die when the 37th Virgin London Marathon gets underway on Sunday.

Kenya has produced the winner of the men’s London Marathon 11 times in past last 13 years and their dominance in the race doesn’t look likely to subside in the showdown on Sunday morning –despite a classy field that features Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele, the world’s second fastest marathoner of all time.

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