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Lead Stories: Wednesday, December 3, 2008

NYC MARATHON 2007:
Elite Athlete Profile:
JELENA PROKOPCUKA

Posted November 4th, 2007 at 9:30 AM by thefinalsprint.com

Section: News & Results, Marathons

After an outstanding season of summer racing, during which she established four new national records on the roads and track, Latvia’s Jelena Prokopcuka returns to attempt something only Grete Waitz has accomplished: a third consecutive ING New York City Marathon title.

In 2005 she was voted the country’s most popular athlete. Prokopcuka is married to Aleksandr Prokopcuk, the Latvian men’s record-holder in the marathon, and they reside in the resort town of Jürmala, near the Latvian capital of Riga. She finished second to fellow ING New York City Marathon entrant Lidiya Grigoryeva in the Boston Marathon earlier this year.

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Champions to Defend ING NYC Marathon Titles

Posted July 20th, 2007 at 8:40 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

The man and woman who reached the finish line first at last November’s ING New York City Marathon, Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil and Jelena Prokopcuka of Latvia, will defend their titles on November 4, race organizers announced today.

Gomes dos Santos, who is gearing up now to compete in the Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, scored a big upset at last year’s contest when he broke away from defending champion Paul Tergat late in the race and was never caught. He became the first South American ever to win the world’s largest and most famous marathon.
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