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Record-breaker: Why Brigid Kosgei is not your ordinary runner

Kenya's Brigid Kosgei smiles after winning the women's 2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon with the World Record on October 13, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois. [Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP]

Brigid Kosgei is not your ordinary runner.

Unlike many leading Kenyan athletes, who first made their mark as Under-18 or U20 stars in track running, her career path was somehow different.

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