Italian first, American surprising second in bizarre marathon
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Stafano Baldini of Italy took the lead two miles from the finish to win the gold medal and American Meb Keflezighi took a stunning silver Sunday in an Olympic marathon disrupted by a costumed intruder who grabbed the race leader with about three miles to
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ATHENS, Greece - Everyone knew the marathon was going to be tough, but having to dodge a would-be tackler in a kilt, green beret and matching knee-high socks wasn't an expected obstacle. It was definitely a bizarre way to end the Olympics...
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The New York City marathon is one of the most prestigious races in the world of long-distance running. The marathon brings together professional athletes and amateur runners on a 42-kilometer
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ARE, Sweden  - Patrick Staudacher of Italy sprung a major surprise on Tuesday when he won gold in the men's super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships.
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ATHENS - It&#39;s a quirky statistic, one that makes you do a double-take until you check the record books. In the last 40 years only one White American, Dave Wottle, had won an Olympic gold medal in an event on the track.
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ATHENS, Greece - A defrocked Irish priest bolted from the crowd and grabbed the marathon leader about three miles from the finish Sunday. The Brazilian runner wound up with the bronze - and a special award for sportsmanship - and the former priest was arrested...
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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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Italy's Massimiliano Blardone won a World Cup giant slalom yesterday in which Bode Miller squandered his first-run lead by catching his arm on a gate his second time down.
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Former European champion Stefano Baldini of Italy overtook Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima 1.2 miles from the finish to win the Olympic men&#39;s marathon on Sunday.
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Italy's Ivano Brugnetti clocks a personal best time to win gold in the men's 20km walk.
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BORMIO, Italy -- One day, your showboating makes the coaches sputtering mad. Two days later, you win a second world title in a week for the US Ski Team.
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A week ago, the New York Road Runners announced that Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, perhaps the greatest distance runner ever, would run in the New York City Half-Marathon on Aug. 5. Yesterday, the organizers listed a strong field of Americans to oppose him.The top Americans are Alan Culpepper and Abdi Abdirahman, both 2004 Olympians, and Khalid Khannouchi, a former world-record holder in the marathon. Other notable Americans are Peter Gilmore, Jason Hartmann and Brandon Leslie.The 13.1-mile race, which starts in Central Park and ends in Lower Manhattan, is three months before the menâs Olympic trials in Central Park.Culpepper, who won the 2004 Olympic marathon trials, said he planned to make this half-marathon his last race before the trials. âThe fact that itâs New York and itâs a tough course is in my favor and plays into my strength,â he said.
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South Africa's Hendrik Ramaala, who had never finished higher than fifth in a major marathon, won the New York City Marathon in 2 hours 9 minutes 28 seconds.
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On August 30, in an unprecedented freak incident during the menâs Olympic marathon in Athens, the frontrunner Vanderlei De Lima of Brazil was tackled by a man who suddenly launched into him and knocked him into the crowd.
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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.
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. Grandi, who had never won in 12 years on the circuit before Sunday&#39;s victory in the Italian resort of Alta Badia, beat first-leg leader Didier Cuche of Switzerland by 0.15sec with a time of 2min 15.90sec.
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names The marathon distance obviously agrees with Evans Rutto . The Kenyan has run in three marathons and has won all three. Yesterday he won his second straight Chicago Marathon in 2 hours 6 minutes 16 seconds. It was the second-fastest time in the world this year. Countryman Daniel Njenga was second, 1:28 behind. Constantina Tomescu-Dita of Romania blistered the ...