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LOW-KEY RECEPTION: Kipchoge non-committal on world record and World Championships

Marathoner Wilson Kipsang and Eliud Kipchoge, the 2015 London Marathon winner upton arrival from London Marathon at JKIA on April 28, 2015 .PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO

Eliud Kipchoge, who led a Kenyan sweep of the London Marathon on Sunday, and his compatriots returned home yesterday, but the winner did not commit to aiming at attacking the world record nor planning to run at the World Championships in Beijing in August.

The London Marathon stars arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to a low-key reception, with neither fanfare nor the official protocol that usually accompanies athletes’ return from major world competitions.

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