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Eliud Kipchoge named Sports Personality of the Year at SOYA Awards

By Robert Abong'o | Jan. 25, 2020
Eliud Kipchoge receives the Sports Personality of the Year Award the 16th SOYA Awards held in Mombasa [COURTESY]

For the second year running, world marathon record-breaker Eliud Kipchoge has been crowned the 2019 Sports Personality of the Year at the Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year Awards (SOYA) held at the Mombasa Sports Club.

Kipchoge, who is boasts being the only human to have completed a marathon under two hours, was also named Sports Man of the Year.

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