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Makau of Kenya wins Berlin Marathon

The Columbian
Published: September 26, 2010, 12:00am

BERLIN (AP) — Patrick Makau of Kenya won the 37th Berlin Marathon on Sunday, but failed to break the world record set on the course two years ago.

Makau ran through the rain-soaked German capital in 2 hours 5 minutes and 8 seconds, finishing 2 seconds ahead of countryman Geoffrey Mutai.

The Kenyans had hoped to break the world record of Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie, who ran the Berlin Marathon in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 59 seconds in 2008.

Gebrselassie was absent from Berlin this year. He is running the New York City Marathon in November.

Makau also fell short of the year’s best time — 2:04:48 that he set at the Rotterdam Marathon in May.

More than 40,000 runners started the Berlin Marathon in persistent rain.

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