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How Elisha Rotich rose from being a caretaker to rule Paris marathon

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Paris Marathon - Paris, France - October 17, 2021 Kenya’s Elisha Rotich celebrates after winning the elite men's race and setting a new record [Reuters, Gonzalo Fuentes]

Little was known of Elisha Rotich, until this month when he won the Paris Marathon in a course record set by Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele seven years ago.

The Ethiopian, who is the second-fastest man in the marathon after world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, set the 2:05:04 mark in 2014, and Rotich, 31, lowered it to 2:04:18.

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