Memorable Moments of 2011: Marathon
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Hide captionGeoffrey Mutai shattered the course record at the New York City Marathon, winning in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 6 seconds.
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Hide captionKenya's Geoffrey Mutai has won the Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 2 seconds - the fastest anyone has ever run the 26.2 mile distance under any conditions.
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Hide captionPatrick Makau of Kenya broke the world record in winning the Berlin Marathon in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 38 seconds.
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Hide captionKenyan Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru tragically passed away on May 15, 2011 in a fall from a balcony at his home in Kenya. .
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Hide captionThe IAAF decided to let Paula Radcliffe keep her marathon world record from 2003, after previously saying it would reduce one of athletics' outstanding performances to a world best because the English runner set the mark in a race with men.
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Hide captionEmmanuel Mutai of Kenya set a men's course record in winning the London Marathon, improving his PR to 2:04:40.
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Hide captionMary Keitany took the women's race at the ING New York City Marathon out at an unbelievable pace. For the first half of the race, she looked invincible. But as the race continued on, Keitany faltered and wound up third.
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Hide captionLiliya Shobukhova of Russia won her third-consecutive Chicago Marathon and in doing so clinched the World Marathon Major's million dollar prize.
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Hide captionAbel Kirui of Kenya defended his men's marathon title at the world championships on Sunday in a time of 2:07:38.
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Hide captionEdna Kiplagat recovered from a fall to lead a Kenya sweep in the women's marathon at the world championships.
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Hide captionPaula Radcliffe and Mara Yamauchi were selected to run the marathon for Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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Hide captionAt the Boston Marathon, Kim Smith of New Zealand took off at a record pace and led the women's race for over 17 miles but was forced to drop out due to a calf injury.
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Hide captionRyan Hall turned in one of the great performances ever by a U.S. runner at the Boston Marathon,finishing fourth in a personal-best two hours, four minutes, 58 seconds.
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Hide captionDesiree Davila led a thrilling finish in the women's Boston Marathon as she held the lead in the closing miles, lost it and then pushed back to the front several times before finishing second to Kenya's Caroline Kilel.
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Hide captionEthiopian great Haile Gebrselassie dropped out of the Berlin Marathon around the 30km mark due to asthma issues.
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Hide captionTwo months after setting the women's world record for the half marathon, Mary Keitany took 10 minute off her personal best when she won the London marathon in 2:19:19.
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Hide captionAmanda McGrory won everything in this year including the London, Paris, Oita and NYC Marathons, setting a course record in New York. She also claimed world titles in 800m, 1500m, 5000m and marathon.
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Hide captionMoses Mosop and Geoffrey Mutai ran side-by-side for the final miles before of the Boston Marathon before Mutai pulled ahead for good and won by four seconds. Mosop took second in 2:03:06.
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Hide captionMoses Mosop of Kenya surged away from the field with 10 kms to go in the Chicago Marathon and won in a course record of two hours five minutes 37 seconds.
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