Gladys Chemutai has opended up on the inspiration she has received from Irine Cheptai, whom she dedicated her Standard Chartered Marathon victory to.
Gladys Chemutai, winner of the women's 42km Standard Chartered Marathon on October 27, has revealed the reason for dedicating her win to former World Cross-Country champion Irine Cheptai.
Chemutai cut the tape in 2:31:52 to reign supreme in the highly-competitive 20th edition of the annual championship. Caroline Koech timed 2:35:00 to finish second as Joy Kemuma clocked 2:36:06 in third.
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Chemutai dedicated the win to her family as well as her close friend and role model, the 2017 World Cross-Country champion Irine Cheptai. "She (Cheptai) has been the biggest inspiration in my career and I had promised her to go all out for victory. This win is dedicated to her as well as my family,” she said.
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Chemutai could not hold back her joy, describing how she has worked really hard for the glorious moment. “I have been training really hard ahead of this competition. My husband and my daughter were watching on TV and I am sure they are celebrating as well. I had promised them I would give all my best to come back with victory and I am happy I got to do just that,” the 29-year-old said.
Her previous campaigns at the Standard Chartered Marathon in 2022 and 2023 had only yielded a fifth and seventh place finish respectively.
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