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Top guns ready to end 2021 in style in Abu Dhabi

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Kenyan elite runner, Abel Kirui poses during a photocall for the men's marathon elite athletes outside Tower Bridge in central London on April 20, 2017 ahead of the upcoming London Marathon. / AFP PHOTO

With just nine days to go, Kenyan top guns are readying to bring home the Sh5.6 million winning prize money at the third edition of the Abu Dhabi Marathon.

Defending champion Reuben Kipyego will be returning to Abu Dhabi with a 2:03.55 which he posted at this year’s Milano Marathon. Kipyego, 25, ran a remarkable 2:04:40 in 2019.

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