Kenya's Jemima Scoops Gold in Women's Marathon

Jemima Jelagat Sumgong has won the country's first Olympic gold in Rio, becoming the the first Kenyan woman to take the title.

  • East Africa:   Kenya Lands First Olympic Gold in Rio

    New Times, 15 August 2016

    Kenya's Jemima Jelagat Sumgong won gold in the women's marathon on Sunday in two hours, 24 minutes and four seconds after an aggressive and pre-planned surge in the final… Read more »

Jemima Sumgong

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