The Kenyan cruised over the line in 2:20:15, the fastest time this year, ahead of compatriot Edna Kiplagat, while Yukiko Akaba of Japan was third.
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O'Sullivan will join Kenyans Lornah Kiplagat and Susan Chepkemei and American Marla Runyan in one of strongest women's elite fields in the history of the 32-year-old race.
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"The security that they have I believe is the best one as we saw last year in London (at the Olympics), " world champion Edna Kiplagat said Thursday.
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