Headline : Ndereba talks up Kenya’s chances of winning marathon gold, 2008 heartbreak

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Kenya’s distance running legend, Catherine Ndereba, has said the country has what it takes to win men and women’s marathon titles at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

At the same time,  the two-time world marathon champion has opened up on the heartbreak she suffered after coming close to winning gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where she claimed silver medal.

In a wide-ranging interview with Nation Sports, the 52-year-old Ndereba who is a Commissioner of Prisons attached to the Sports and Correctional Services Department at the Kenya Prisons Headquarters in Nairobi has said Kenya’s marathon team of women’s defending champion Peres Jepchirichir, and debutantes Hellen Obiri and Sharon Lokedi are world-class athletes capable of beating any opponent in Paris on  August 10.

“Parisians love sports, which is an aded advantage to Kenyan marathoners, so they will cheer our athletes for company. Kenyan marathoners should employ team work, and aim for gold medal rather than the world record. Marathon is a journey, and they should run as a team,” Ndereba, who won silver in women’s marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and 2008 Beijing Olympics, told Nation Sport on Friday.

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