Press Release - London Marathon - 4/20/19

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                Vivian Cheruiyot returns to her former school

The 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon champion Vivian Cheruiyot returns to 
her former school in a short film released today by London Marathon Events 
Ltd.

The 35-year-old, the seventh fastest female marathoner of all time, gives 
viewers a revealing insight into what life was like as a student at the 
Sing'ore Girls High School in Iten, Kenya.

Vivian 

Cheruiyot - who joined the school in 2000 just after competing at the 
Sydney Olympics aged just 16 - said: "This school has shaped my life and I 
was very proud to go back. I went there after appearing in my first 
Olympics in 2000 and now I'm hoping to go to my fifth Olympics."

Cheruiyot shows viewers where she used to study, sleep and train while at 
Sing'ore Girls High School and meets some of the current pupils at the 
school which last year achieved the best overall grades in Kenya.

Cheruiyot is aiming to defend her Virgin Money London Marathon title on 
Sunday 28 April and is part of the greatest elite women's field ever 
assembled for a marathon.

As well as Cheruiyot, there are four current champions of Abbott World 
Marathon Majors races: Mary Keitany (2018 New York City Marathon champion), 
Gladys Cherono (2018 BMW Berlin Marathon champion) and Brigid Kosgei (2018 
Bank of America Chicago Marathon champion).

There are also six women, including the Kenyan quartet of Cheruiyot, 
Kietany, Cherono and Kosgei, who have run under 2:20 for the marathon. The 
other two athletes are the Ethiopians Roza Dereje and Birhane Dibaba.
  
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