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Gebrselassie wins Berlin marathon, misses world record

Source: The Local

Berlin : Germany | 2 months ago

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Ethiopian Atsede Besuye won the women's race with an unofficial time of 2:24:47, her best marathon result so far. The 36-year-old Gebrselassie smashed his own record here at last year's race when he ran 2hrs 03min 59sec but admitted struggling during the last few kilometres in Sunday's warm weather...

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