Noguchi Wins Olympic Marathon as Radcliffe Drops Out
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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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World record holder Paula Radcliffe put the trauma of the Athens Olympics behind her on Sunday to win a dramatic victory in the closest finish ever to the women&#39;s New York City marathon.
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NEW YORK Less than three months after she pulled out of the Olympics just a few miles from the finish, Britain&#39;s Paula Radcliffe surged ahead in the final feet of the New York City Marathon today to win its tightest race in history.
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World record holder Paula Radcliffe rebounded from her Athens Olympics traumas on Sunday with a dramatic victory in the closest finish yet to the women&#39;s New York City marathon.
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CHICAGO - Evans Rutto of Kenya won his second straight Chicago Marathon on Sunday, finishing in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 16 seconds, and making him 3-for-3 at the 26.2-mile distance.    Daniel Njenga of Kenya was second in 2:07:44 and Toshinari Takaoka of Japan was third in 2:07:50...
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Marion Jones and Paula Radcliffe came up empty-handed when their Olympics ended before their races did. Tragic endings in their final events at the Athens Olympics left the two biggest female stars with no
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Japan's Ai Shibata prevailed in a sprint  finish to win the women's 800 meter freestyle gold medal at the  Athens Games Friday.
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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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ATHENS  Four-time judo world champion Noriko Anno broke her Olympic jinx by winning gold in the women&#39;s 78-kilogram event Thursday at the Athens Games but defending Olympic champion Kosei Inoue was dealt shock defeats to miss out on a medal in the ...
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ATHENS - Mizuki Noguchi pulled away around the 27-kilometer mark and held on in sweltering heat to win the women&#39;s marathon gold medal at the Athens Olympics on Sunday, giving Japan its 13th gold of the Games, its best haul in 32 years.
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Japan's diminutive Mizuki Noguchi put on  an extraordinary display of front-running to win the Olympic  women's marathon title on Sunday as Paula Radcliffe's challenge  ended in bitter tears.
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Paula Radcliffe wins the New York Marathon in her first race since the Olympics.
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This one lacked the pathos of Sunday&#39;s marathon but it was another sad and bewildering early departure for Paula Radcliffe, who managed only 16Â½ circuits in the 25-lap women&#39;s 10,000 metres
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World marathon record holder Paula  Radcliffe believes she has put her failure at the Athens  Olympics behind her after announcing on Tuesday that she will  run in the New York marathon on November 7.
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PAULA RADCLIFFE last night paid tribute to the &quot;incredible support&quot; which helped her overcome her Olympic nightmare. Radcliffe fought back from her Athens heartbreak to win the New York Marathon
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Paula Radcliffe decided there was only one way to get over the heartbreak of twin failures at the Athens Olympics: race again. She will do that Nov. 7 in the New York City Marathon, less than three months after pulling out of the event in the Summer Games. Radcliffe made the announcement Tuesday, 12 days before the race.
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British Olympic hopeful Paula Radcliffe, who dramatically dropped out of the marathon in a distressed state on Sunday, will compete in the 10,000 metres event this evening, it has been confirmed today.