Evocative, and Steamy, Marathon Goes to Japanese Woman
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The marathon was inspired by suffering, and on the day an event that is as much a test of character as a test of endurance returned to its Olympic roots, the suffering returned, too.
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Kelly Holmes of Great Britain lived and trained with Maria Mutola of Mozambique for two years, hoping to absorb some of the qualities that made Mutola one of the best 800-meter runners in history.
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Even in the immediate afterglow of her bronze medal in the Olympic marathon in August, Deena (Drossin) Kastor was thinking of Sunday&#39;s New York City Marathon.
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A word of advice: If you ever encounter a Japanese girl with long black hair obscuring her ghostly pale face, run for your life, or you&#39;re likely to lose it.
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ATHENS: Already flushed with Olympic success, Japan toasted Mizuki Noguchi on Monday after her brave marathon victory gave the country a 13th gold medal in Athens.
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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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How training for a marathon in middle age gave me much more than a healthier body.
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Paula Radcliffe&#39;s dream of a gold medal in the Olympic marathon ended in tears in the sweltering heat of Athens last night when she pulled out of the race with just over three miles to go.
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SAITAMA, Japan -- C'mon, admit it. Everyone likes an athletic story with a Win-One-For-The-Gipper ending every now and then.
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TOKYO -- Thin and gorgeous in a slinky black dress, Mikimoto pearls and a low-slung diamond Tiffany pendant, 26-year-old Kazumi Yoshimura already has looks, cash, and accessories. There's only one more thing this single Japanese woman says she needs to find eternal bliss -- a Korean man.
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She has the chance to banish the ghosts of last weekend&#39;s marathon failure and finally claim the Olympic medal she has sought for so long.
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When Japan's top women wrestlers greeted the new year by plunging into the icy depths of Tokyo Bay, shivering onlookers chuckled in disbelief.
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ATHENS --After winning world titles in both breaststroke events last summer while setting world records in each, Japan&#39;s Kosuke Kitajima sat helplessly from across the Pacific last month as American Brendan Hansen broke ...
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ATHENS -- Hardened by grueling hill work in the Swiss mountains and undeterred by the punishing Athens heat, Mizuki Noguchi seized a second straight gold medal for Japan in the women's Olympic marathon yesterday.
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Julie Grimm was training for a marathon last April when she started feeling a twinge in her hip. She assumed that some moments in her training would be painful, so she ignored it and kept running.
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Athens -- When Deena Kastor rode the bus to the start of Sunday&#39;s women&#39;s Olympic marathon race, she was jolted by the reality of the time and the place.
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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.