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Monday, May 16, 2011

Olympic Marathon Champion dies in Kenya

Samuel Wanjiru, the existing Olympic Marathon champion has died in a fall from a balcony in his home town of Nyahururu in Kenya.

In 2008, he set a new record in the Beijing Olympics by winning the Marathon in a time of 2:06:32, taking almost 3 minutes off the old record set by Carlos Lopes in Los Angeles in 1984.

The full story is on the BBC News Website

Another follow up post HERE
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1 comment:

  1. Larkin16/5/11 10:32 am

    Very sad. We hear many stories about pro athletes who take their own lives because of persistent injury. I wonder what can be done to raise awareness of the issue of injury-related depression so that friends and loved ones can spot the danger signs? Maybe something can be done around the Olympics to do this.

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