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Ethiopians Sweep Titles at Cold, Wet Houston Marathon

January 13, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

It was wet and cold and storms threatened, but didn’t stop today’s Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon. In the end, it was another clean sweep for the Ethiopians. Bazu Worku of Ethiopia was the overall men’s winner … read more »

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Ethiopia’s Meselech Melkamu wins the women BMW Frankfurt Marathon

October 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Patrick Makau won the Frankfurt marathon in cold and sunny conditions but failed to break his world record on Sunday. The 27-year-old Kenyan crossed the line in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 12 seconds. Makau was … read more »

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