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Kipchoge shows Kenya is the home of champions

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Eliud Kipchoge celebrates winning and setting a new course record in London Marathon yesterday. [Reuters]

Superlatives to describe Eliud Kipchoge’s performance in the king of all sports, marathon, are fast depleting.

When Kipchoge competes in the body-punishing 42.2km race, the whole of Kenya stands still, not to mention the athletics world that has been awed by the soft-spoken athlete.

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