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I prayed for my son, mother says after historic marathon

Eliud Kipchoge's mother Janet Rotich (C) celebrates. [AFP]

As the action kicked off, Eliud Kipchoge’s mother Jane Rotich bowed he head for a moment to perhaps pray for her son as he started a race billed to redefine the history of marathon.

It was a chilly morning in Kapsisiywo village, Nandi County, where Kipchoge was born and bred.

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