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Keitany, Kipchoge face strong line up: Douglas Wakiihuri was the first Kenyan to win London Marathon

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FILES-ATHLETICS-BRITAIN-KEN-LONDON-MARATHON-KEITANY-RADCLIFFE (FILES) This file photo taken on April 23, 2017 shows Kenya's Mary Keitany running during the women's elite race at the London marathon on in London. Kenya's Mary Keitany will run alongside male pacemakers in a bid to break Paula Radcliffe's longstanding women's world record in April's London Marathon, race organisers announced January 24, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS

Kenya has produced the winner of the men’s London Marathon 12 times in the last 14 years.

A dogfight awaits as the eternal Kenya and Ethiopia athletic rivalry lights up the 38th Virgin London Marathon on April 22.

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