Catherine Ndereba from Kenya won the women’s marathon at the Osaka World Athletics Championships. She finished the race with a time of 2 hours, 30 minutes and 37 seconds. Chunxiu Zhou, finished second followed by the local star Reiko Tosa.

“I guess it was the toughest marathon of my career. It was so hot,” said the deeply religious Ndereba, who was running her first marathon of the year as she focused all her attention on preparing for Osaka.

‚ÄúSome people said after I did not win in Athens or Helsinki that Catherine is finished. But I showed them that with the help of God that I can win again.”

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