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Berlin, Germany - Kenyan teenagers Geoffrey Kipsang and Valentine Kipketer stole the show and dominated the 31st edition of the Vattenfall Berlin Half Marathon on Sunday (3). Kipketer surprise even herself Surprisingly it was Kipketer, who took the lead right from the start in the women’s race. The 18-year-old was running her first race outside of Africa and had only once run a half Marathon before. That was in Moshi, Tanzania, where she won the race in 1:14:58, held at high altitude at the end of February. Now she suddenly found herself on the way to winning one of the world’s major Half Marathons. It came about, in part, because Germany's pre-race favourite Sabrina Mockenhaupt dropped out after 12 kilometers. Prior to that she was in second place behind Kipketer and was on pace to threaten her 1:08:45 personal best. More news |