Kirui and Sun Yingjie claim world half-marathon titles
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Paul Kirui pulled away from the field in the final stages to claim the men's title and lead Kenya to the team honours in the world half-marathon championships on Sunday.
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Names Haile Gebrselassie enjoyed an easy victory in the Almeria Half Marathon yesterday in Madrid, a race the Ethiopian star said he would use to see if he's ready for the London Marathon in April. He covered the 13.1 miles in 1 hour 1 minute 46 seconds -- more than a minute faster than runner-up Alex Kirui of Kenya. Gebrselassie ...
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ATHENS, Greece  -- Jeremy Wariner picked up where Michael Johnson left off as he became the sixth straight American to win an Olympic 400-meter title and led a U.S. sweep of the medals. Wariner, 20, finished in 44.00 seconds -- a personal best and fastest in the world this year. He crossed the finish line with his arms extended in victory, followed by silver medalist Otis Harris (44.16) and bronze medalist Derrick Brew (44.42).
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Japan claimed gold in the women&#39;s marathon Sunday. Battling extreme heat and a difficult 42.195 kilometer course through historic Athens, Mizuki Noguchi passed the finish line in two hours, 26.
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[Sports India] New Delhi, Oct 3 : Kenyan Paul Kirui and China&#39;s Yingjie Sun won the 13th IAAF World Half Marathon held here Sunday in weather made balmy by overnight rains.
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Beijing, Oct 18. (PTI): Two runners, including a college student and a senior citizen, died and eleven others were admitted to hospitals during the Beijing international marathon, state media reported today.
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Double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes of Britain overpowered Tatyana Tomashova in the stretch and won the 1,500 meters at the World Atheltics Final on Saturday, confirming her status as the premier women&#39;s middle distance runner.
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ATHENS Robert Korzeniowski&#39;s long road came to an end on Friday with an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic 50-kilometer race walk title.
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Liu Xiang of China won the Olympic men&#39;s 110 meters hurdles gold medal, equaling the world record time of 12.91 seconds and becoming the first Chinese man to win an Olympic track and field title.
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Kenenisa Bekele eclipses Haile Gebrselassie's two-mile world record at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham.
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Japan's diminutive Mizuki Noguchi  produced a courageous run from the front to win the Olympic  women's marathon title on Sunday as Paula Radcliffe's challenge  ended in tears.
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New Delhi, Oct. 3 (PTI): Overnight rains came as a blessing in disguise for Chinese runner Yingjie Sun, who crushed Irish star Sonia O&#39;Sullivan&#39;s dream of completing a rare triple of world titles by winning
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Australia&#39;s Brooke Hanson charged to two gold medals while Ian Crocker needed a world record to give the United States their only individual victory at the world short course championships on Sunday.
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ATHENS -- Robina Muqimyar wore a T-shirt and long green track pants for the biggest race of her life.
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Kenya&#39;s Paul Kirui won the world half-marathon title Sunday, capping a year in which he also captured 13.1-mile races in Rome and Berlin.
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The Olympic 100 metres champion, Justin Gatlin, won the final sprint showdown of the season in Japan. Gatlin clocked 9.97sec to triumph in the Seiko Super meeting in Yokohama.
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The Romanian tandem of Constanta Burcica and Angela Alupei rowed back from a two-second deficit in the last half of their 2,000-meter race to Sunday to defend their title.