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Kenya’s Kipyego wins Tokyo Marathon

The Columbian
Published: February 25, 2012, 4:00pm

TOKYO (AP) — Michael Kipyego of Kenya won the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday, pulling ahead of Haile Gebrselassie with 212 miles left for his first career victory.

Kipyego completed the 26.2 miles 2 hours, 7 minutes, 37 seconds.

Gebrselassie finished fourth in 2:08:17. He was trying to secure a place on the Ethiopian team for the London Olympics but needed to run under 2:04 to boost his chances

Japan’s Arata Fujiwara was second in 2:07:48, followed by Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich in 2:07:50.

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