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Why Peres Jepchirchir is now all-time great in marathon

World Athletics Half Marathon Championships - Gdynia, Poland - October 17, 2020. Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir celebrates on the podium with her medal and cheque after winning gold and breaking the women-only world record. [REUTERS/Rafal Oleksiewicz]

Having the physical tools is one thing, but to go where no woman has gone before – and set a world record – you need a whole lot of determination to go with it.

That’s an area in which Peres Jepchirchir has never been lacking.

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