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Jemima Sumgong Quotes

born 1984 Kenya

Jemima Jelagat Sumgong (born 21 December 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner specializing in marathon races. In the 2016 Olympic Games, at age 31, she won the marathon in warm conditions with a time of 2:24:04, becoming the first female winner from Kenya since women's marathon was introduced to the Olympics in 1984.

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Myself, I am sure I am clean. No doping scandal at all (with me).

I was never worried that I'd lose this,...At 35km I noticed that my other two team-mates had dropped off and that gave me the motivation to carry on.

I had prepared that I would move out at 35km and my body was responding very well, as well as my movement,...At the 40km mark I knew the gold was mine. It was very hot but everybody had to get through the heat. I had to control my body and listen to my body very carefully.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jemima Sumgong (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.