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| | IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News |
 | | One intriguing entrant who's running her first Marathon and could make a big impression is 25-year-old Australian Benita Johnson, winner of the 8 km race at the World Cross-Country Championships in March, beating an all-star field of Kenyans and Ethiopians. |
 | | Others who have run under 2:09:00 include Benoit Zwierzchiewski of France (2:06:36), who finished just three seconds behind Rotich in Paris in 2003; Kenyans Joseph Ngolepus (2:07:57), John Kagwe (2:08:12 and winner here in 1997 and 1998), and Ben Kimondiu (2:08:52), and Hendrick Ramaala of South Africa (2:08:58). |
 | | Two Americans running their first Marathons will be watched with interest: Bob Kennedy, national record holder at 3000 and 5000m, and Abdi Abdirahman, Olympic finalist at 10,000m in Sydney and Athens. |
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