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How 46-year-old Kipkogei overcame harsh weather in Tokyo to win Deaflympics silver

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David Kiptum Kipkogei clocked 2:17.30 to win men's marathon silver behind champion Swedish Otto Kingstedt (2:16.10). [AFP]

It was baptism by fire as David Kiptum Kipkogei debuted in marathon running at the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics in Japan on Tuesday.

The weather was unforgiving as the Tokyo Expressway loop was extremely cold; he could hardly feel his toes when cruising over the solid rock surface route.

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