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SECOND TIME LUCKY: Two-time world marathon Edna defends Great Scottish Run title

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By JONATHAN KOMEN | Oct 06, 2015

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**Kenyan women marathon champion Edna Kiplagat**

Two-time world marathon champion Edna Kiplagat and Uganda's Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion Moses chalked up victories at the Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, in Glasgow on Sunday.

Kiplagat, who started running while in Kapkoi Primary School in Keiyo North, defended her women's title in 1:08:21, which was a morale-boosting win for her after she finished fifth in the 2015 IAAF World Championships marathon less than a month ago.

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