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Noguchi geared up to defend Olympic marathon title

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  • rajakumar at 08:39 PM JST - 3rd July

    37 DAYS TO GO, THE OLYMPIC HEAT IS ON, for MIZUKI NOGUCHI(JAPAN team athletics). Training heat is on, pressure is up, action is coming up.

    Olympic Marathon win or lose,on the tracks,action is on, heat is on, for MIZUKI NOGUCHI

    Pressure is high,heat is on,marathon action is on.

    Defending the gold medal, heat is on.

  • rajakumar at 02:11 PM JST - 4th July

    Noguchi faces big challenge from paula radcliffe(UK) who is record holder for women 42.2 km marathon, at 2hrs 15 min(2003,london).

    Japan's Noguchi's best time is 2hr 19 min(2005,berlin).

    Do not know if radcliffe is participating in beijing again.

    The men's marathon world record holder is Ethiopia's Haile gebrsellasie at around 2hrs 4 min(2007,berlin), which is 11 minutes faster than woman's record.

    The challenges to Haile, may come from kenya's runners,Paul tergat(2hr 5min),Sammy Korir(2hr 5min), Martin Lei and Samuel wanjiro.

    Challenges also from Morrocco's Abderrahim goumri.

    Also do not know if all these men runners competing in beijing. Other top runners not to be excluded are USA's Khalid khannouchi, Kenya's William kipsang and Kenya's Evans rutto.

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