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Lead Stories: Friday, August 29, 2008

NYC MARATHON 2007:
Elite Athlete Profile:
Marilson Gomes dos Santos

Posted November 4th, 2007 at 9:15 AM by thefinalsprint.com

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Brazil’s Marilson Gomes dos Santos returns as the defending champion of the ING New York City Marathon, a race in which he defeated a stellar field.

A superstar in his sports-mad country, he won the prestigious São Silvestre Road Race (over three-time Boston Marathon champion Robert Cheruiyot) on New Year’s Eve 2006 and established new Brazilian records over 5000 and 10,000 meters in one three-day span in June of that year. Gomes finished 10th in the 2005 IAAF World Championships Marathon; most recently, he was sixth in a personal-best 2:08:37 at the 2007 London Marathon.
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