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New half-marathon world record (Sammy Wanjiru 58:53)

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

Yesterday (9th February, 2007) it paid off for Ras al-Khaimah a small part of UAE, to offer a prize purse of 155.000 USD for a half-marathon. It has been all over the news for last 48 hours since Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya) reclaimed his half-marathon world record winning Ras al-Khaimah International Half-marathon. He covered the 21.1km [...]

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