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cross country meets in 2008. She represented Kenya at the
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262:Cross della Vallagarina
1043:. IAAF. Archived from
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797:World Athletics Final
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412:and she won the 80th
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171:cross-country running
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402:Venta de Baños Cross
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275:. After winning the
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38:Personal information
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408:at the 2012
406:Nazret Weldu
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277:silver medal
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829:, Scotland
658:Monte Carlo
580:Brazzaville
454:Competition
319:run at the
289:3000 metres
238:Rose Kosgei
226:5000 metres
167:5000 metres
1404:Categories
1367:19 January
1249:5 December
1051:5 December
1007:4 December
920:References
804:, Germany
720:, Germany
636:, Finland
185:distance.
115:2007 Osaka
49:1980-06-27
942:AllAfrica
888:30:56.43
861:15:51.78
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813:14:58.97
802:Stuttgart
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729:16:13.06
718:Stuttgart
660:, Monaco
647:14:44.00
612:, France
528:, France
500:Australia
363:BOclassic
317:two miles
228:. At the
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884:10,000 m
780:, Japan
745:, Kenya
685:, Japan
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634:Helsinki
595:16:26.15
553:Lausanne
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511:16:20.39
460:Position
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977:13 June
948:29 June
810:5000 m
767:26 pts
743:Mombasa
726:5000 m
707:26 pts
683:Fukuoka
666:3000 m
591:5000 m
534:5000 m
369:at the
340:Itálica
291:at the
279:at the
268:races.
163:Ngetich
146:5000 m
120:5000 m
1363:. IAAF
1340:. IAAF
1317:. IAAF
1294:. IAAF
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1191:. IAAF
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1122:. IAAF
1073:. IAAF
857:5000 m
787:5000 m
643:5000 m
526:Annecy
507:5000m
496:Sydney
478:
466:Notes
216:Career
161:, née
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1321:1 May
1298:1 May
1272:1 May
1218:1 May
1195:1 May
1172:1 May
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1103:1 May
1077:1 May
875:Daegu
866:2011
853:11th
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818:2008
778:Osaka
764:Team
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734:2007
704:Team
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674:2006
622:13:25
601:2005
584:Congo
571:2004
565:13:04
558:11th
544:2003
517:1998
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