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Chepkok, Cherono take honours at Venta de Banos

Mercy Cherono crosses the line

Kenya’s 2012 World Cross Country Championships bronze medalist Vincent Chepkok and his compatriot Mercy Cherono clinched victories in style at the 33rd Cross Internacional de Venta de Banos  on Sunday .

The men’s 10.6km event, with temperatures at about nine degrees centigrade when the gun went, witnessed the dominance of the 24-year-old Chepkok, who grabbed his first win in Europe this winter after being runner-up at the opening leg of the IAAF Cross Country Permit series, on Spanish soil in Atapuerca last month.

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