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Mutola Set for Final Prefontaine Classic Appearance
Posted May 20th, 2008 at 9:30 AM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Maria Mutola will put her 15-race Prefontaine Classic win streak on the line when she makes her final appearance at the premiere U.S. meet on June 8.
Mutola, now 35, has announced that this will be her final season, and nowhere has she been a more respected fixture than at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, where she lived, attended high school and trained in the late 1980s and 1990s.
“There has never been another competitor like her,” said meet director Tom Jordan in a media release. “An Olympic gold, three world championship golds, seven world indoor gold medals– she has dominated her event like no other athlete.”
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