Once again rivalry between Kenya and Ethiopia will be renewed

Kenya's Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat (L) leads Bahrain's Rose Chelimo in the women's marathon athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in central London on August 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL

Defending champion Gladys Cherono and two-time world marathon champion Edna Kiplagat will face off with world and Olympic gold medalist Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba in the elite women’s field at the Berlin Marathon on September 16.

Cherono, a sub 2hours, 20 minute runner will be out to defend her title which she won last year after clocking 2:20:23, having won in 2015 with a PB of 2:19:25.