Two Runners Die in China Marathon
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Two runners, a college student and a retired man, died during the Beijing international marathon, Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
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BEIJING - A Chinese government news agency says 33 people have been killed in a gas explosion at a Chinese coal mine. Twenty-eight miners were killed in the initial blast and five others died during a rescue attempt.
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Two people are reported to have died, with at least 14 injured, in a train crash in the Latvian capital, Riga.
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Two British soldiers have died trying to save comrades following an ambush near the southern Iraqi city of Basra, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said.
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ATHENS, Greece - Stefano 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 race leader Vanderlei Lima of Brazil with about three miles to go.    Lima, whose lead had been slowly shrinking, was pushed to the curb by a man dressed in green beret, red kilt and knee-high green socks...
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Two men are killed in an industrial accident at an open cast coal mine in East Ayrshire.
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The gruelling trudge from Marathon to Athens killed a man, or so the legend goes. Yesterday, it trampled the spirit of women who dared to attempt it in the heat of Athens.
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Two runners - a college student and a retiree - died while competing in Sunday&#39;s Beijing International Marathon, it was confirmed yesterday.
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Japan&#39;s diminutive Mizuki Noguchi put on an extraordinary display of front-running to win the Olympic women&#39;s marathon title as Paula Radcliffe&#39;s challenge ended in bitter tears.
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Two British soldiers have been killed following an ambush on a convoy near the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Tuesday morning, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said.
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An Australian has died during a  400-mile race in the northwestern U.S. being filmed by CBS for  a sports program, organizers said on Friday.
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Athens -- Two of the greatest female track and field athletes in history crashed and burned within two minutes of each other on a dramatic Sunday night of competition at the Olympic Games.
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Top distance runner Ryan Shay died during the U.S. men's Olympic marathon trials Saturday after collapsing about 5 1/2 miles into the race. He was 28
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GUANGZHOU/CHENZHOU, China  - A stampede at Guangzhou railway station killed one person when frustrated passengers rushed to board trains after days of cancellations because of fierce cold and snow, police confirmed on Sunday.
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Two skiers die after being buried in an avalanche at a resort in northern Spain.
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DENNIS, Mass. -- Boston Marathon legend, and two-time race champion, Johnny Kelly, has died at the age of 97. The nephew of the former Olympian, Dave DeLong, said Kelly died Wednesday night at a nursing home on Cape Cod.
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Having to run the most important race of your career in the heat and humidity of Beijing in August is the idea of hell for many marathon runners.