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Village boy Kiptum wipes away Kipchoge's world marathon record in enviable fashion

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Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum. [Xinhua]

Like much else in life, athletics, too, has two sides attached to it. Often, the athletes' form differs from the tale told by the hare during a fireside chat.

Each dwells on triumph and none talks of defeat. Each has versions of great courage and none talks of fear. Each talks of happily-ever-after; none talks of failure.

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