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East Africa: Ethiopia Takes Gold, Kenya Silver in Women's Marathon
Capital FM, 5 August 2012
In the end, it was not the result that Kenya expected as the dream of winning her first Olympics women marathon gold fell five seconds short to the strong finish of Ethiopia's Tiki… Read more »
Ethiopia Takes Gold, Kenya Silver in Women's Marathon
Ethiopia's Tiki Gelana dashed Kenya's dreams of winning gold in the women's marathon after she finished strong at the London games.
Olympic marathon runners, from left, Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat, 20th, Tiki Gelana, gold, Mary Jepkosgei Keitany, 4th place, Mare Dibaba, 23rd, and Priscah Jeptoo, silver.
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