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Quietly Confident Keitany Looks to RioPublished by IAAF on November 7, 2015 Less than 24 hours after dispatching her rivals with almost embarrassing ease to win the New York City Marathon, Kenya’s Mary Keitany was back at the site of her victory in Central Park, beaming a wide, satisfied grin. Last Sunday, the tiny Kenyan crushed the field over the final five miles to win her second title in New York – finishing in 2:24:25, more than a minute clear of her closest pursuer – and with that victory in the bag, her attention was shifting to the great, shiny target which now looms on the horizon. “To win the Olympics, or to get a medal, would mean a lot,” she says. “I’ll go home now, get a rest, maybe wait for the team to be selected, but I’m ready to go and try to get a medal in Rio.” Keitany stands at just five feet two inches (1.58m) and speaks in a gentle, hushed tone, a fraction above a whisper. It’s a constitution that’s difficult to pair with the athlete who, just one day earlier, had dismantled her rivals with ruthless, relentless aggression over the closing miles. Read the full article at: www.iaaf.org
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