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Saturday, October 10, 2009

'Wanjiru on Top of World'

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chicagomarathon/chi-09-marathon-oct09,0,1847967.column
Posted by Brett Larner at 8:51 AM
Labels: 2008 Beijing Olympics, Chicago Marathon, Koichi Morishita, Ryan Hall, Samuel Wanjiru, Sendai Ikuei, Shunichi Kobayashi

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