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Kenya's Jacob Krop and Edwin Kurgat after the 5000m heats at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[Kelly Ayodi, Standard]
When the 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Champions enters day three on Monday, Kenya's dream to reclaim glory in the men's marathon is expected to highlight what is likely to be a fierce 42km contest in the Japanese capital.
That assignment was handed to four men - Berlin Marathon runner-up Vincent Ngetich, Hamburg marathon third finisher Erick Sang, Kennedy Kimutai and Hillary Kipkoech, who are in Tokyo to carry the hopes of a nation seeking to stamp its authority, once again, in the marathon.
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