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Shigetomo takes Osaka as favourite Fukushi falters

Written by Ken Nakamura for the IAAF.

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With a 2:23:23 run, Risa Shigetomo of the Tenmaya track team won the 31st Osaka Women’s Marathon on Sunday (29) to take a step closer to her dream of making the Japanese Olympic Marathon team.

Ayele Abshero Wins Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon in Event Record of 2:04:23

Written by Pat Butcher (organisers) for the IAAF.

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Ayele Abshero and his Ethiopan colleagues turned the marathon tide substantially this morning, Friday, in a Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon which rewrote the record books.

Lel to stake out his Olympic claim in Dubai - PREVIEW

Written by Pat Butcher for the IAAF.

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Dubai, UAE - The  Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon – and IAAF Gold Label Road Race - which celebrates its 13th edition on Friday morning (27), has been a happy hunting ground for Ethiopian runners in the past, foremost among them former World record holder Haile Gebrselassie, who won here three times.

Keflezighi; Flanagan win U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon

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HOUSTON - Two of the fastest races in Olympic Marathon Trials history took place on the same day Saturday in Houston as the six men and women who will represent Team USA in London earned their way on the squad. Shalane Flanagan set an Olympic Trials record of 2:25:38 in only her second marathon, while Meb Keflezighi earned his third Olympic berth by winning the Trials in a personal best time of 2:09:08. Flanagan led a Trials record five women under 2:30 while Meb led four men under 2:10 for the first time in Trials history.

2012 U.S. Olympic Trials–Marathon program

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It is USA Track & Field’s great pleasure to welcome you to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon, hosted by the Houston Marathon Committee. For the first time ever, this country’s finest men and women marathoners will run in the same city, on the same day, to compete for a total of six Olympic Team spots on Team USA.With this historic gathering of our nation’s most talented runners, Saturday’s race is sure to be one of the best ever run on U.S. soil.

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