Kipchoge heads Kenya's Rio marathon squad but record holder Kimetto out


Athletics - 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon Winners Photocall - The Tower Hotel, St Katharine's Way, London - 25/4/16 Winners of the elite men's and women's race, Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge and Kenya's Jemima Sumgong (R) pose Action Images via Reuters / Peter Cziborra Livepic

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Eliud Kipchoge, winner of the last two London Marathons, has been named in a preliminary Kenyan squad for the Rio Olympics, but there was no place for world record holder Dennis Kimetto.

London Marathon winner Jemima Sumgong heads the women's list for Kenya, who will pick three men and three women to send to Rio.

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