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Second-half surge leads Rothlin to win

Switzerland's Viktor Rothlin won the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday, surging into the lead in the second half of the race. Read the full story . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Sun, Feb 17 2008

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