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Kenya’s Jepchirchir promises showdown in Poland

Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir wins the Women's Elite 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday March 26, 2016. [David Davies / PA via AP]

After shattering the women-only world half marathon record last month, Peres Jepchirchir is confident of a good showing at the World Half Marathon Championships on October 17, in Gdynia, Poland.

Jepchirchir, 27, made a return to the Kenyan national team after blowing away a star-studded field to win her maiden world title at the 2016 World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff.

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