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The field will be led by defending champions Mark Saina from Kenya and Lyubov Denisova from Russia who will be returning for a thrilling rematch in the Banco Popular Challenge. In 2005, Saina passed Denisova in the 26th mile to win his first major marathon in 2:09:35 after he made up the 15:50 head start awarded the women as part of "The Challenge." Denisova handily won the women's division and set the course record of 2:26:11. At stake this year is $100,000 for the Banco Popular Challenge winner, up from $75,000 in 2005 and $50,000 in its inaugural year 2004. The time differential for 2006 will be announced at a press conference at 11:00 am on Friday, March 17. Other leading candidates in the men's field are Kenyans Robert Kiprotich Cheruiyot, Laban Kipkemboi and Benson Cherono. Cherui...
... breakthrough came when she won the 2005 Paris International Marathon in 2:27:01, and Mexican Mad...
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PARIS - John Isner is the Marathon Man of tennis, the guy who plays and plays and plays, for hours on end, until the last set seems interminable. At Wimbledon two years ago, he won 70-68 in the fifth, the longest set and match in tennis history. At Roland Garros on Thursday, as afternoon gave way to evening, the 10th-seeded American lost 7-6 (2), 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 18-16 to Paul-Henri Mathieu of France in the second round, a five-hour, 41-minute test of stamina and attention span.
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PARIS - This, then, is who John Isner is for now: The Marathon Man of Tennis, the guy who plays and plays and plays, for hours on end, until the last set seems interminable. At Wimbledon two years ago, he won 70-68 in the fifth, the longest set and match in tennis history. At Roland Garros on Thursday, as afternoon gave way to evening, the 10th-seeded American lost 7-6 (2), 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 18-16 to Paul-Henri Mathieu of France in the second round, a 5-hour, 41-minute test of stamina and attention span.
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As if I weren't challenged enough running the Paris Marathon, I had to confront a course marked in kilometers it might as well have been in furlongs for an American like me. So I took along a gadget that uses global-positioning satellites to track how far I've gone in miles the Forerunner 201 from Garmin Ltd.
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No. 1 Wozniacki wins Family Circle Cup CHARLESTON, S.C. - Caroline Wozniacki was happy to win her first clay-court tournament of the season at the Family Circle Cup.
...Kenyans dominate Paris Marathon. PARIS - Kenyans dominated the Paris Mara...
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PARIS - Giorgio Armani opened France's three-day haute couture marathon Jan. 23 with a spring-summer collection featuring strictly tailored suits and dresses as light and frothy as a pia colada on a warm summer's night. In contrast to his debut collection in January, Mr. Armani replaced the abundance of crystal-studded frocks with 1980s Yves Saint Laurent-style sobriety and ultra feminine frocks.
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CENTERVILLE -- A Centerville man who died after collapsing at the finish line of a Cincinnati half-marathon Sunday had been "a picture of health," a family member said. Rick A. Paris, 46, was an avid runner and tennis player who had run the Flying Pig Marathon more than once, said a relative, who asked not to be identified. Paris worked in electronics in Springboro, the relative said.
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The Kellam High School boys varsity basketball team had one of its most successful seasons in its history in 2010/2011, going undefeated in the regular season en route to a Beach District title. But whether or not the team enjoyed success on the court this season, the Knights would still be winners in the eyes of Ryan Brown. The 20-year-old - Kellam basketball's biggest fan - has been the team's assistant manager for the past four years. He has autism.
...OUI! at 69, he completes his first marathon. For people of all ages, completing a half-maratho... more ambitious goal: running the 26.2- mile Paris Marathon. Cummings did just that on April 10, a pi...
