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Record-breaker: Why Brigid Kosgei is not your ordinary runner

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Kenya's Brigid Kosgei smiles after winning the women's 2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon with the World Record on October 13, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois. [Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP]

Brigid Kosgei is not your ordinary runner.

Unlike many leading Kenyan athletes, who first made their mark as Under-18 or U20 stars in track running, her career path was somehow different.

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