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SOYA Awards: Eliud Kipchoge named overall sports personality

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World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge after being named the 2018 Sportsman of the Year during the 15th edition of Soya awards held at Fort Jesus in Mombasa on January 11, 2019. Photo/Stafford Ondego/www.sportpicha.com

Marathon World Record holder Eliud Kipchoge was crowned the overall Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year at the 15th edition of the SOYA Awards in Mombasa.

Kipchoge also scooped the Sportsman of the year Award as Steeplechase World Record Holder Beatrice Chepkoech won the women's award defeating Hellen Obiri, boxer Fatuma Zarika, and Celliphine Chespol. And Lionesses’ player Janet Okello.

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