Philip Kiprono Langat (born 1990) is a Kenyan

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who specialises in

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events. He won the 2011

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. He has a

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best of 1:01:05 and a 10K best of 27:28 minutes. Philip Langat at Hamburg Marathon 2019

After competing on the Kenyan junior cross country circuit to little success, Langat made his breakthrough in 2010 by winning the Administration Police National Cross Country Championships, having entered as a member of the public. He performed poorly at the Kenyan World Championship trial race (placing 60th) and instead competed on the Italian road running circuit that year. He was runner-up at the

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and Cremona Half Marathons, setting a best of 62:52 minutes at the latter race.Langat Philip
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-12-04. He also came third at the Giro Podistico di Rovereto and fourth at the

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races. Langat ran in a series of Dutch races in the 2011 season, starting with a second-place finish at the Venloop

. He was fourth at the

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then won the Oelder Sparkassen Citylauf and Zwitserloot Dak Run 10K races. A half marathon best followed at the

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, where he was fifth with a time of 61:56 minutes. He won the Singelloop Utrecht 10K in September then won the Singelloop Breda half marathon the following month. He won his fifth Dutch race of the year at the

15K, where he beat high level competition including

Hailu Mekonnen Hailu Mekonnen (born 4 April 1980 in Arsi) is an Ethiopian runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running. His first medals came in 1998, when he took bronze and team gold at the junior race at the IAAF World C ...

and

Abel Kirui Abel Kirui (born 6 April 1982) is a long-distance runner from Kenya who competes in marathons. He had back-to-back wins in the World Championship marathon in 2009 and 2011. Kirui won in 2009 with a time of 2:06:54, then defended his title with a ...

. He was runner-up to

Geoffrey Mutai Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai (born 7 October 1981) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. On 18 April 2011 at the Boston Marathon, Mutai ran the fastest marathon ever at the time in a time of 2 hours 3 minutes ...

at the B.A.A. 10K in June 2012. He spent the rest of the year on the Dutch where he won the Stadsloop Appingedam and Breda Half Marathon, as well as runner-up at the Utrecht Singelloop and Monterferland Run.van Hemert, Wim (2012-12-02)
Mutai sets course record in 's Heerenberg
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-14.

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