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Kenyans set to light up Valencia

Athletics - World Athletics Half Marathon Championships - Gdynia, Poland - October 17, 2020. Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir (R) in action. [REUTERS/Rafal Oleksiewicz]

Peres Jepchirchir, who recently broke the world half marathon record and Joyciline Jepkosgei, the former world half marathon record-holder are among those who will line up.  Joan Chelimo and Fancy Chemutai are also in the mix.

In 2017, Jepkosgei authored one of the greatest seasons the distance running the world has ever seen, breaking no less than seven world records on the roads (including two in the half marathon).

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