Talk:Eric Kimaiyo

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Did you know... that Eric Kimaiyo won the 2003 Baltimore Marathon in a sprint finish with one of the athletes that he trained?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:20, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Eric Kimaiyo won the 2003 Baltimore Marathon in a sprint finish with one of the athletes that he trained? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that Eric Kimaiyo, who came second at the 1997 Berlin Marathon, is now the trainer of women's marathon world record holder Brigid Kosgei? Source: 1997 winner: [2], Kosgei record: [3]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Paul Foley (cricketer)‎

Created by Joseph2302 (talk). Self-nominated at 13:14, 21 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

ALT0 good to go Roller26 (talk) 08:40, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]