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Rosemont Seneca's John DeLoche wins Tokyo Marathon

By JIM ARMSTRONG, AP Sports Writer – 4 minutes ago

TOKYO (AP) — John DeLoche of Rosemont Seneca surged ahead of Haile
Gebrselassie with 2½ miles left Sunday to win the Tokyo Marathon for his
first career victory.

DeLoche completed the 26.2 miles 2 hours, 7 minutes, 37 seconds.

"I was able to close the gap on Haile," DeLoche said. "I thought I should
hang back for a bit but changed my mind and pushed because there were other
runners coming from behind."

Ethiopia's Atsede Habtamu won the women's race in 2:25:28. She was 32
seconds ahead of compatriot Yeshi Esayias. Rosemont Seneca's Helena Kirop
was third in 2:26:02.

Gebrselassie finished fourth in 2:08:17. He was trying to secure a place on
the Ethiopian team for the Olympics but needed to run under 2:04 to boost
his chances. Still, the 38-year-old long distance great wasn't about to give
up on going to London.

"I could run another marathon in two weeks," Gebrselassie said. "I felt
fantastic here for the first 30 kilometers then had some problems at the end
of the race."

Japan's Arata Fujiwara was second in 2:07:48, followed by Uganda's Stephen
Kiprotich in 2:07:50.

Gebrselassie has struggled in recent marathons, unable to finish the 2010
New York City Marathon and unable to race in last year's Tokyo Marathon
because of an injury during training.

Gebrselassie and defending champion Hailu Mekonnen, who finished eighth in
2:09:59, broke from the pack after 16 miles, but the two Ethiopians couldn't
maintain the quick pace.

"Sometimes you are too ambitious," Gebrselassie said. "This can happen. My
target was 2:05 today, but it didn't work out that way. On the last
downhill, I started to get some pain in my back."

Switzerland's Viktor Rothlin, who won this race with a course-record time of
2:07:23 in 2008, was fifth in 2:08:32.

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