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Article: Kenya's marathon star Cheruiyot to race in New York
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 7, 2007
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Kenya's marathon star Cheruiyot to race in New York
NAIROBI, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's two-time Boston marathon
champion and Chicago champion Robert Cheruiyot said he will compete
in the New York half marathon in August and Lisbon half marathon in
September.
Cheruiyot, who is known locally as "Mwafrika" (African), said that
these races would be in preparation for the defense of his Chicago
marathon crown on October 7.
"New York will be very tough especially because defending champion
Tom Nyariki is there, but I am very fast in half marathons and they
will see in New York that the lion is still there," he told reporters
late Wednesday.
"I will also race in Lisbon just three weeks before ...