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.
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