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Bedan Karoki (born 21 August 1990) is a Kenyan long distance runner that specialises in the 10,000 metres. He was part of the Kenyan team for the 2012 Summer Olympics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=London 2012 )〕 He won his place on the team by finishing third behind Wilson Kiprop and Moses Masai at the Kenyan Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, which were held during the Prefontaine Classic. He finished fifth in the 10,000 metres at the 2012 Olympics in a time of 27:32.94, the highest finishing Kenyan in the race. He won a silver medal in the 10,000 m at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, despite losing the trials, eventually gaining selection as a wildcard. In 2013, he placed sixth in the 10,000 meters at the IAAF 2013 World Championships in Athletics In 2014, he competed in his first American road race, winning the Beach to Beacon 10K in 27:36.〔http://running.competitor.com/2014/08/news/steel-squeaks-past-flanagan-to-win-beach-to-beacon-10k_109996〕 Later he won the Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon in 59:23.〔http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Bedan-Karoki-National-Cross-Country-Championship/-/1100/2620998/-/hesoqrz/-/index.html〕 In March 2015, Karoki placed second at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships behind countryman Geoffrey Kipsang after leading for much of the race. Karoki has spent much of his career running the Japanese racing circuit, for example winning the Chiba International Cross Country three years in a row, from 2009 to 2011. ==Achievements== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bedan Karoki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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