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| NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 15: Champion Marathon Runner Tegla Loroupe poses with the Billie Jean King Contribution Award during the Women?s Sports Foundation?s 35th Annual Salute to Women In Sports awards, a celebration and a fundraiser to ensure more girls and women have access to sports, at Cipriani Wall Street on October 15, 2014 in New York City. Mike Coppola/Getty Images/AFP |
New York: Kenyan Tegla Loroupe, who after winning three world half-marathon titles and setting two marathon world records has dedicated herself to promoting world peace through sport, received the Billie Jean King Contribution Award on Wednesday.
Using her race prize money, she founded the Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation in 2003 and has won accolades from the Kenyan government for her efforts.
American Simone Biles, who won four golds at last week’s world gymnastics championships in China, including the all-around title, was named Sportswoman of the Year by the Women’s Sports Foundation.
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