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Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich breaks Turkish Record

[PHOTO: COURTESY]

Ruth Chepngetich from Kenya and Tanzanian Ismail Juma were the surprise winners at the Vodafone Istanbul Half Marathon at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on Sunday.

Ruth Chepngetich, Eunice Kirwa and Ethiopia’s Worknesh Degefa went through the first five kilometres in 15:17, 51 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

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