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Peres Jepchirchir secured back-to-back women’s Olympic marathon titles for Kenya on Saturday timing 2hr 27min 20sec.
The 27-year-old two-time half marathon world champion beat compatriot Brigid Kosgei whilst USA’s Molly Seidel was third .Organisers wary of the hot and humid conditions had announced on the eve of the race the start time had been brought forward an hour to 6am local time. However, even with that, many runners failed to last the distance, including Kenya’s world champion Ruth Chepngetich. Other runners crossed the finish line clearly in distress, including Mexico’s Ursula Sanchez.Two hours into the race the temperature had risen to 30.6°C and 62.7% humidity.
Jepchirchir and Kosgei had moved up a gear with four kilometres remaining with just a quartet of runners in contention for the medals.
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