Peres Jepchirchir won gold in the women's marathon to lead a Kenyan one-two finish on Saturday, the penultimate day of the Tokyo Olympics, while the top Japanese finisher was Mao Ichiyama in eighth.The 27-year-old Jepchirchir overcame the oppressive Sapporo heat and crossed the line in a season's best 2 hours, 27 minutes, 20 seconds. World record holder Brigid Kosgei followed 16 seconds later to earn silver, with Molly Seidel of the United States taking bronze in 2:27:46.The starter's gun went off at 6 a.m. with a temperature reading of 25 C and humidity of 84 percent. Only hours before it …READ FULL ARTICLE
