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Emmanuel Mutai replaces Moses Mosop in Kenya marathon team
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Women Olympians include Mary Keitany, the London marathon winner, along with the reigning world champion, Edna Kiplagat, and Priscah Jeptoo, who won silver medal at the world championships in South Korea last year.
Late Kenyan runner Sammy Wanjiru won gold at the 2008 Beijing Games. Despite the country’s prodigious talent in long-distance running, Wanjiru was the first Kenyan to win Olympic gold in the marathon.
He died last year after falling from a balcony at his home following a domestic dispute.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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