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KENYANS CUT ABOVE THE REST: Keitany, Kipchoge lead WMM series

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Mary Keitany, Aselefech Mergia and Tigist Tufa laugh together after finishing the women's division of the 2015 New York City Marathon in New York's Central Park

After the good showing at the New York City Marathon on Sunday night, focus now shifts to the 2016 Tokyo Marathon in March – the final stop of the 2015/2016 World Marathon Majors (WMM) series.

The New York Marathon stars will return home with heads held high, plotting on posting impressive shows in the 2016 big city spring marathons –Tokyo, Boston and London –to convince Athletics Kenya into drafting them in the Rio Olympic Games marathon squad.

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