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Bring them on!

2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Final - Women's 5000m Final - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 19/08/2016. Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) of Kenya celebrates. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler 

Olympic 5,000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot and world half marathon silver medallist Bedan Karoki made splendid 42km debuts on Sunday.

From the starting point of the race around Blackheath, south of River Thames, the race wound past various iconic and landmarks like the Big Ben, London Eye, the Tower Bridge, Canary Whaff, the Buckingham Palace, before finishing at The Mall.

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