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How the Kenyan runner became the first black African woman to win a top marathon in 1994.

How the Kenyan runner became the first black African woman to win a major marathon in New York in 1994.

In November 1994, the Kenyan Tegla Loroupe became the first black African woman to win a major international marathon – with a surprise win in New York. She tells David Whitty how a tough upbringing in the mountains of her homeland helped her break barriers and pave the way for African women to dominate marathon-running. The programme was first broadcast in 2014.

(Photo: Tegla Loroupe. Credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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