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Article: Kenyan marathon star to replace injured Cheruiyot at Olympics
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 16, 2008
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Kenyan marathon star to replace injured Cheruiyot at Olympics
NAIROBI, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's athletic officials said late
Saturday that world marathon champion Luke Kibet who had been
selected as a reserve will replace injured Robert Cheruiyot in the
men's marathon squad
The 29-year-old Cheruiyot pulled out of the Beijing Olympic Games
on Saturday after aggravating a thigh injury he first sustained in
Italy.
Cheruiyot won last year's inaugural world marathon masters, a
combination of the world's top marathons.
Three-times London marathon winner Martin Lel and Samuel Wansiru
will also run for Kenya in the Olympic marathon on Aug. 24.
"I first injured my thigh while training in June ...
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