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(2)Abera wins Fukuoka marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan - Olympic and world champion Gezahegne Abera (R) of Ethiopia and Japan's Tsuyoshi Ogata run neck and neck at the 41-kilometer point in the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 1. Abera, the gold medalist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the world championships in Edmonton, Canada, in August 2001, won the race in a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 13 seconds. Ogata finished second with a personal-best 2:09:15. (Pool photo)

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(1)Abera wins Fukuoka marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan - Olympic and world champion Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia produces an explosive sprint down the final stretch to edge Japan's Tsuyoshi Ogata (R) and win the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 1 in a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 13 seconds.

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Ethiopian Abera wins Fukuoka Int'l Marathon for 2nd time

FUKUOKA, Japan - Olympic and world champion Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia wins the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 2 in a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 25 seconds. The victory marks the second time overall and first time since 1999 that Abera has won the Fukuoka marathon. He was also the gold medalist at last year's Sydney Olympics and at the world championships in Edmonton, Canada, in August.

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Ethiopian Abera wins Fukuoka Int'l Marathon for 2nd time

FUKUOKA, Japan - Olympic and world champion Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia wins the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 2 in a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 25 seconds. The victory marks the second time overall and first time since 1999 that Abera has won the Fukuoka marathon. He was also the gold medalist at last year's Sydney Olympics and at the world championships in Edmonton, Canada, in August.

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(2)Abera wins Fukuoka marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan - Olympic and world champion Gezahegne Abera (R) of Ethiopia and Japan's Tsuyoshi Ogata run neck and neck at the 41-kilometer point in the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 1. Abera, the gold medalist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the world championships in Edmonton, Canada, in August 2001, won the race in a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 13 seconds. Ogata finished second with a personal-best 2:09:15. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(1)Abera wins Fukuoka marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan - Olympic and world champion Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia produces an explosive sprint down the final stretch to edge Japan's Tsuyoshi Ogata (R) and win the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 1 in a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 13 seconds. (Kyodo)