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Catherine Ndereba: Where her passion began

Catherine Ndereba is welcomed by dancers upon her arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport(JKIA)

In 2014, at the age of 41, Catherine Ndereba reached the peak of her career. What better time to retire than while at the top?

By then, she was a two-time world marathon champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist. She was a former world record holder who had won four Boston Marathons and two Chicago Marathons. Known as “Catherine the Great,” Ndereba made her marathon debut in Boston in 1998 with a sixth-place 2:28:27.

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