Haile Gebrselassie Out of Olympic Marathon
Posted March 11th, 2008 at 2:15 PM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics
The news of Haile Gebrselassie withdrawing from the Olympic Marathon in Beijing broke while your editor was flying home from Spain. He told Reuters he’s very concerned about the air quality there, especially because he has exercised-induced asthma.
The New York Times picked up the story here (The link has been shortened): http://tinyurl.com/2papl4
PHOTO: Haile Gebrselassie after winning the 2007 NYC Half-Marathon presented by Nike (Taken by Adam Jacobs, TheFinalSprint.com).
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