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Mo Farah lifts lid on bust up with Gebrselassie

Article Agency - 25 Apr 2019

Athletics icons Mo Farah and Haile Gebrselassie are locked in a bitter dispute just days away from the London Marathon

Security, black ribbons for Boston at London Marathon

Article bogdan TagDiv - 21 Apr 2013

Big crowds lined the route of London's mass road race to cheer on 36 000 runners, may of whom wore black ribbons to honour the dead and wounded.

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London Marathon remains security heavy after Boston blasts

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Apr 2013

A beefed-up police presence for the London Marathon will remain in place despite the death and capture of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.

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Boston bombs won’t prevent SA runners at London marathon

Article Sarah Evans - 17 Apr 2013

South African athletes will run the London Marathon on Sunday, despite security concerns in the aftermath of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings.

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London Marathon won’t be cancelled despite Boston blasts

Article Afp Author - 16 Apr 2013

Race organisers have said the London Marathon would go ahead despite the death of three people in explosions near the Boston Marathon's finish line.

Olympic marathon champ Wanjiru commits suicide

Article bogdan TagDiv - 16 May 2011

Kenyan Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru committed suicide by jumping from a balcony shortly after a domestic dispute.

Kebede goes one better to win London Marathon

Article Julian Guyer - 26 Apr 2010

Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia, last year's runner-up, won the London Marathon for the first time on Sunday to end Kenya's six-year grip on the race.

Wheelchair sensation Van Dyk eyes London win

Article Wesley Botton - 22 Apr 2010

Fresh off his ninth Boston Marathon win on Monday, South African wheelchair racer Ernst van Dyk is aiming for a maiden victory at the London Marathon.

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