- Kosgei wil battle it out for the award along with two other Kenyans
- The 25-year old impressed at the IAAF Gold Label road race in Chicago over the weekend
- She set a new world record of 2:14:04 with her heroics in Chicago
More blessings continue to follow resilient Chicago Marathon champion Brigid Kosgei as she has been nominated for the IAAF World Female Athlete of the Year award.
In what has been a remarkable past week for the country, Kosgei will battle it out with some big names in the athletics world.
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Middle - distance runner and current 5000 metres champion Hellen Obiri is also in line to scoop the award.
Kosgei, as TUKO.co.ke reported, surpassed expectation to win the he IAAF Gold Label road race in 2:14:04.
Her run came barely a day after another Kenyan – Eliud Kipchoge – became the first person to run 42 kilometers in under two hours.
Marathon champion Brigid Kosgei (Pictured) is in line to win the coveted Female World Athlete of the year. Photo: Nation
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Kosgei had already won the Chicago marathon the previous year in a time of 2:18:35 - an indication that this year’s edition was a great improvement.
She began the race in blistering pace and there were glimpses during the marathon that perhaps she might falter in the latter stages but that was not the case as she headed to the finish line.
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Having predictably eased the pace after minutes of running, the 25-year old eventually found her rhythm, as she committed to making16-minute splits for each five-kilometre segment with amazing results.
Kosgei will battle it out for the coveted award against the likes of USA’s record breaking Dallilah Muhhamad, Sifan Hassan (Ethiopia) , Salwah eid Nasser (Nigerian sprinter) ,Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenyan 3000m steeplechase champion), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica), Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Great Britain), Sifa Hassan (Netherlands), Manya Lasitskene (Russia) and Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) and her other Kenyan counterpart Hellen Obiri, who won the world cross-country title in Aarhus.
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