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| Derartu Tulu © Gallo Images |
Two-time Olympic 10 000m champion Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia will race the New York City Marathon on November 1, organisers said on Wednesday.
Tulu, 37, won Olympic 10,000m gold in 1992 and 2000, and took
bronze at the 2004 Athens Games.
She also captured World Championship gold at 10 000m in 2001 -
the same year she finished third in the London Marathon.
Tulu has raced the New York City Marathon once before, finishing
third in 2005.
She joins a women's field that features two-time defending
champion Paula Radcliffe of Britain, 2000 winner Ludmila Petrova of
Russia, who was second last year, Yuri Kano of Japan, Christelle
Daunay of France and the reigning Boston Marathon champion Salina
Kosgei of Kenya.
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