That fourth-place finish came at last month's Great Edinburgh International, a race won by another 19-year-old sensation, Kenya's Linet Masai.

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Last year, Ethiopian athlete Haile Gebrselassie won the men's race for a fifth time, while the women's race was won by Kenyan Linet Masai.

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