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Keitany, Vivian lined up for New York Marathon

Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot, Mary Keitany and Gladys Cherono pose during a photocall for the London Women's Marathon elite athletes outside Tower Bridge, in central London on April 18, 2018, ahead of the upcoming London marathon. / AFP PHOTO /

Mary Keitany will target a fourth victory at the TCS New York City Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label race, on November 4.

Keitany and her compatriot, reigning London Marathon winner Vivian Cheruiyot, will join Shalane Flanagan, the 2017 winner and 2018 Boston Marathon champion Des Linden of USA in a race that features 10 Olympians and three Abbott World Marathon Majors (WMM) series race champions.

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