UK teacher wins US ultra-marathon
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A Cornish teacher claims one of sport's endurance crowns by winning a 3,100-mile race across the US.
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NEW YORK - Ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes will attempt to break the world record by running more than 153.76 miles in 24 hours on a treadmill in Times Square.  He'll start running at midnight Thursday and be suspended between two billboards.
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Training partners Sanya Richards and Jeremy Wariner won the Jesse Owens Award as the top USA Track & Field athletes of the year on Tuesday.
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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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Britain took a shock gold in the men's  Olympic 4x100 meters relay Saturday, pipping favorites the  United States by one hundredth of a second.
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Hendrik Ramaala became the second South African to win the men&#39;s New York City marathon in 2:09:28 today. Ramaala, the first South African to win since Willie Mtolo in 1992, defeated Olympic silver medallist
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Richard Worley Age 57Kingwood, Tex.  SHORT STORYSet the world record for most marathons on consecutive weekends (159).
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Paula Radcliffe, a record-holder who ran regularly while pregnant last year, won the New York City marathon.
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Bershawn Jackson led an American medals sweep in the 400-meter hurdles at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria meet, beating Kenneth Ferguson by a hundredth of a second (48.15 seconds). Derrick Atkins of the Bahamas dominated the 100, finishing in 9.95 seconds. Marlon Devonish of Britain was second in 10.09. The American Angela Williams won the womenâs 100 in 11.12 seconds.
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Catherine Ndereba and Timothy Cherigat of Kenya will return to Boston to defend their titles in the 109th running of the Boston Marathon April 18, to be joined by one of the top United States marathoners, Olympian Alan Culpepper of Lafayette, Colo.
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The United States broke the world record to win the men&#39;s 4x100 meters medley relay at the Athens Olympics Saturday and allow Michael Phelps to match Soviet gymnast Alexander
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Alan Webb breaks free in the homestretch to claim his third U.S. title in the 1,500 meters in 3 minutes 34.82 seconds on Sunday.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Deena Kastor conquered the rugged hills of the ancient course that gave the marathon its name, somehow marshaling the energy to pull from eighth to third in the final few miles Sunday and earn the first US marathon medal in 20 years.
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Britain's world record holder Paula  Radcliffe won the women's New York marathon Sunday in an  unofficial two hours 23 minutes seven seconds.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana  - DeeDee Trotter ran the fastest women's 400 meters in the world this year and ended the 18-race winning streak of 2005 world silver medalist Sanya Richards at the U.S. championships on Saturday.
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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 Sunday to win its tightest race in history.
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Maurice Greene grabbed the baton and accelerated toward the finish, blowing past a Nigerian and reeling in Britain's Mark Lewis-Francis. But even the self-proclaimed greatest sprinter of all time could not make up for a sloppy handoff earlier in the race Saturday, and his chest crossed the line just a hair behind the Brit's. The Americans were forced to settle for silver by an excruciating hundredth of a second.