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Kenya's Brigid Kosgei breaks half marathon world record

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London marathon winner Brigid Kosgei. [Photo: Courtesy]

Kenyan runner Brigid Kosgei has won the elite women's race at the Great North Run and the process setting the course with a time of 64:28.

Magdalene Masai and Linet Masai, who are popularly known as the "Masai" sisters came in second and third respectively.

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