Kirui, Sun Yingjie claim world half-marathon titles
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New Delhi, October 3: Paul Kirui pulled away from the field in the final stages to claim the men&#39;s title and lead Kenya to the team honours in the world half-marathon championships on Sunday.
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ATHENS (CP) - Hicham El Guerrouj passed Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia with about 50 metres remaining in the 5,000-metre race Saturday, making the Morocco runner the first man in eight decades to sweep the middle-distance races at the Summer Olympics.
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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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ATHENS Hicham El Guerrouj became the first man in 80 years to win the 1,500 and the 5,000 races at the same Olympics, joining Finnish great Paavo Nurmi in the history books Saturday.
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Mizuki Noguchi kept the Olympic Games women's marathon title in Japan when she clinched gold here in a time of 2hrs 26min 20sec.
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Italian Stefano Baldini has won the men&#39;s marathon in a time of 2:10:54. Naturalized American Meb Keflezighi was a surprise runnerup with Brazil&#39;s Vanderlei Lima finishing third.
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After winning his third Half Marathon title of the year beating last edition&#39;s silver medallist Fabiano Joseph, Kenyan Paul Kirui said he was not all afraid of competing against the Tanzanian.
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NEW YORK -- This was all about Athens, about redemption for one and validation for the other. Britain's Paula Radcliffe, the fastest female marathoner in history, failed to finish either of her Olympic races last summer. South Africa's Hendrik Ramaala was a five-ringed dropout, too, reinforcing his reputation as a man who could go only half the distance.
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The New Zealanders crossed the finish line with a 25-second advantage over their nearest rivals.
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When Germany's Nina Kraft, 35, swept to her overwhelming 17-minute victory over Switzerland's Natascha Badmann at the 2004 Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii October 16, photographers noticed a ...
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Yoko Shibui continued Japan&#39;s supremacy in the Berlin women&#39;s marathon and Felix Limo extended Kenya&#39;s dominance of the men&#39;s race Sunday.
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Christine Ohuruogu continues her comeback at the World Championships, easing into the 400m semi-finals.
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Allyson Felix and Jeremy Wariner defended their world championship titles in the fastest times of their careers in Japan on Friday.
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Mizuki Noguchi of Japan held on for the gold and American Deena Kastor used a late burst for a stunning bronze medal finish Sunday night in the Olympic marathon. Kastor's third place gave the United States its first marathon medal since Joan Benoit's gold in Los Angeles 20 years ago.
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Mizuki Noguchi won the women&#39;s marathon at the Athens Games, holding off world champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya to earn Japan the title for the second straight Olympics.
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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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In a wild sprint to the finish, Kenyan Luke Metto edged countryman Wilson Kigen to win the BAA Half Marathon yesterday, though both were credited with the same time -- a record-breaking 1 hour 2 minutes 57 seconds.