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In Images: Day 16 highlights

In Images: Day 16 highlights
Kenyan Samuel Wanjiru lead off the final day of competition, relishing the heat to record an historic first Olympic marathon for the African nation.

Wanjiru, striding to Kenya`s first marathon success, celebrated in the hot sun as be broke the 24-year-old Games record while those around him wilted.

Image: Samuel Wanjiru (R) of Kenya leads Deriba Merger of Ethiopia (C) and Atsushi Sato during the Fukuoka international marathon in Fukuoka city, Japan`s southern island of Kyushu, 02 December 2007. Wanjiru, the world record holder of half marathon, won the race with a time of 2 hours 6 minutes 39 seconds, the new record of the race, while Merger finished second and Sato finished third.

Text: AFP

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