The excitement ahead of this year’s Virgin London Marathon has already started building up especially with the entry of two world-class debutantes, namely Vivian Cheruiyot and Bedan Karoki. After a stellar career on the track, Cheruiyot has elected to have a stab at the marathon, on the famous streets of London on April 23. Organisers of the Virgin London Marathon on Monday named a stellar cast for this year’s race in which Olympic Champion Jemimah Sumgong will be red hot favourite to defend her title. Cheruiyot started her marathon training soon after last year’s Olympics in Rio where she clinched the elusive gold in the 5,000 metres to add onto the 10,000m silver she had earlier picked up. In September last year, Cheruiyot won the 36th Great North Run Half Marathon, beating seasoned road runner and former London Marathon winner Prisca Jeptoo narrowly.

Source: Daily Nation January 18, 2017 18:08 UTC