Rose Chelimo, a runner from Kenya now competing for Bahrain, pulled away near the finish to win the women’s marathon at the world championships.
In a back-and-forth race, Chelimo held off two-time world champion Edna Kiplagat by seven seconds, with American runner Amy Cragg taking third. Chelimo finished in 2 hours, 27 minutes, 11 seconds.
Kiplagat barely beat a hard-charging Cragg.
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