Wanjiru sets eyes on Gebrselassie’s marathon record

Brief:

Olympic marathon champion, Samuel Wanjiru has made Haile Gebrselassie’s world record (2:03:59) his top target at the Berlin Marathon in September. But first the 22-year-old wants to dispense with the London Marathon in April and half marathons in Portugal and Dubai in February and March. ...more

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1. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 11:02 AM , Carly Peters, United Kingdom wrote:
  This time target in phenomenal. Good luck at the London Marathon and all future challenges.

 

2. On Friday January 16, 2009, 9:36 AM , Nyang`u Ottom, United Arab Emirates wrote:
  I wish Wanjiru attended the Standard Chartered marathon in Dubai today which was swept clean by Haile(M) and Bekele(F). The winner of the female category was more than 15minutes late from the world record mark! This could have been a clean sweep for us bwana.

 


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