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Kenya dominate World Half Marathon

Kenya have blitzed the World Half Marathon in Copenhagen, with Geoffrey Kamworor taking the men's title and Gladys Cherono triumphing in the women's race.

Kenya have dominated the World Half Marathon Championships, with Geoffrey Kamworor taking the men's title and Gladys Cherono triumphing in the women's race.

Kamworor won with a personal best time of 59min 07sec on Saturday, while Cherono took gold with a time of 1hr 07min 28sec.

Men's reigning champion Zersenay Tadese had a disappointing race, coming fourth but helping secure team gold for Eritrea.

"I'm very happy! I was feeling that I can run," Kamworor told IAAF radio.

In near-perfect weather conditions, it was a fast race and 14 of the top 20 finishers set personal best times.

The women's race was dominated by team tactics with Kenya filling the first five places.

"It was nice, we ran as a team ... and I was not expecting to be number one today," Cherono said.


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