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Two-time Olympic champion and world record holder Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya won the Tokyo Marathon in course record time on Sunday and has now topped four of the six marathon majors. Kipchoge clocked 2 hours 2 minutes 40 seconds over 42.195 kilometres in the Japanese capital, the fourth best result all-time and just 61 seconds off his world record. Compatriot world championship bronze medallist Amos Kipruto was second in 2:03:13 after keeping up with Kipchoge until 36km, and Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola third in 2:04:14 hours. “I said I wanted to run strong in Japan and I did, I ran a course record. …