Lydia Cheromei

She rose to fame at the age of thirteen with a win in the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

[14] She ran at the 2011 Dubai Marathon and secured second place behind Aselefech Mergia – her time of 2:23:01 marked an improvement upon her previous best of more than three minutes.

[15] She broke the course record at the Prague Half Marathon in April and her winning time of 1:07:33 marked a career improvement for the distance of well over a minute.

[16] The following month she made a successful return to the city, winning the Prague Marathon in a course record time of 2:22:34, again a personal best.

[17] In October she won the Marseille-Cassis Classic with a course record run of 1:08:23 hours,[18] but managed only fifth at the Delhi Half Marathon the following month.

[20][21] She was the favourite to defend her title at the 2012 Prague Half Marathon and produced a personal best of 1:07:26 hours, but was beaten by Joyce Chepkirui.

[22] Returning to the Prague Marathon, she entered as the favourite and maintained a fast pace until 30K, but eventually dropped out a few kilometres from the finish suffering from a leg injury.

[24] She entered the 2013 Prague Marathon in the hope of emulating her win two years previously, but a hip problem left her in sixth place.