Jepkemei who is the younger sister of Norah Jeruto, capitalised on the slow pace to dominate the 10km senior women’s race. Jepkemei, who is the former 3,000m Africa champion surged forward after 4km, and controlled the race giving the other athletes, who included former 10,000m African champion Alice Aprot and former Africa Cross Country bronze medallist Beatrice Mutai a hard time. Jepkemei said that she is not focusing on the World Cross Country Championships set for Denmark in March. Today was a tough race and I’m happy I was able to clinch the title,” she said. Jepkemei added that the presence of top athletes like Aprot inspired her to give her all in the race.

Source: Daily Nation December 15, 2018 20:26 UTC