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Xue Bai gets first marathon world title for China

Aug 23, 2009, 11:47 GMT

Berlin - Xue Bai of China surged ahead on the final kilometre to give her nation a first marathon world championship title on Sunday. Xue left behind Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki to win at the Brandenburg Gate in 2 hours 25 minutes 15 seconds on a warm early afternoon. Ozaki came second in 2:25:25 and Ethiopia's Aselefech Mergia was third in 2:25:32 hours. The pre-race favourites, world record holder and 2005 champion Paula Radcliffe of Britain and German 2009 world leader Irina Mikitenko did not participate as Radcliffe was not fully fit after foot surgery and Mikitenko withdrew after her father's death.

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