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Kenya's Jemima Sumgong Pulls Away To Take Women's Marathon

Kenya's Jemima Sumgong celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's marathon Sunday in Rio in a time of 2:24:04. Despite Kenya's wealth of distance running talent, she's the first from her country to win the women's marathon since it was introduced to the Olympics in 1984. (AP)
Kenya's Jemima Sumgong celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's marathon Sunday in Rio in a time of 2:24:04. Despite Kenya's wealth of distance running talent, she's the first from her country to win the women's marathon since it was introduced to the Olympics in 1984. (AP)

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