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- ↑ 1999 World Cross Country Championships - men's short race Archived 2007-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Boston Marathon website". Archived from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
- ↑ "IAAF: James Kosgei CHEPTUIYON | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
