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Double Olympic 10,000m champion Haile Gebrselassie claimed victory in the
Amsterdam marathon but failed in his bid to set a new world record.
16 October 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4347112.stm
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Balco founder Victor Conte has been given a four-month prison sentence and
a further four months home confinement for drugs offences.
18 October 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4350810.stm
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Paula Radcliffe started her build-up to next year's Commonwealth Games in
Melbourne with a third-place finish at the Run London Nike 10k in Hyde Park.
16 October 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4347240.stm
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Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie's ran the fastest time of the year when he
won the ING Amsterdam Marathon over the weekend. Gebre's time of 2:06:20 is
worth 1376 points in Performance Score, which allowed the 32-year-old
former World and Olympic champion to enter the Men's Road Running Event
Rankings in 3rd place behind Jaouad Gharib and Martin Lel.
http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=512/newsId=32353.html
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Regards
Doug Fry
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