http://www.asahi.com/sports/spo/TKY201010300131.html http://yamagata-np.jp/news_core/index_pr.php?kate=Sports&no=2010102901000569 http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/etc/news/20101029-OHT1T00317.htm http://mainichi.jp/select/today/news/20101030k0000m050034000c.html translated and edited by Brett Larner On October 29 the organizing committee of the Tokyo Marathon announced that world record holder Haile Gebrselassie (37, Ethiopia) has committed to running the 2011 Tokyo Marathon in late February. Gebrselassie set the current men's marathon world record of 2:03:59 at the 2008 Berlin Marathon. Tokyo will be his second marathon in Japan, having won the 2006 Fukuoka International Marathon. 335,000 people applied for the 35,000 spots in the 2011 Tokyo Marathon. Committee executive Tadaaki Hayano commented, "We hope everybody in the race feels the energy of the greatest running in the world." The 2011 Tokyo Marathon will be one of the selection races for the Japanese men...
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