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Loroupe pours out blessings: Inspirational, former world 42km record holder dazzles fans at KenGen race

Tegla Loroupe in action at the KenGen Half Marathon around Masinga Dam yesterday. (inset) men and women’s winners Cosmas Kyeva and Josephine Musau display their trophies. [PHOTOS: COURTESY]

Tegla Loroupe, the multiple world record holder in the world’s road running, stands out among Kenya’s most decorated female athletes of all time.

She also holds 15km, 25km and 35km world records and famed for her contribution to peace efforts in the cattle-rustling areas in North Rift thanks to the decade-old Tegla Loroupe Peace Run in Kapenguria.

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