EDNA KIPLAGAT GOLDEN IN WOMEN'S MARATHON IN MOSCOW

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 Defending champion Edna Kiplagat of Kenya won her second world championship title in the women's marathon Saturday in Moscow, making a late surge to pull past Valeria Straneo of Italy.
Kiplagat won in 2 hours, 25 minutes, 44 seconds.

Straneo had led from the early minutes of the race on a flat course along the Moscow River. But Kiplagat made her move at the 40th-kilometre mark and finished nearly 15 seconds ahead of Straneo.
Kayoko Fukushi of Japan won bronze.
Canada's Lanni Marchant was 44th, with a time of 3:01:54, a season best.

Saturday's opening amid near-empty stands left it to Usain Bolt to set the nine-day event alight Saturday night when he opens his campaign for three sprint gold medals.
By that time, world-record holder Ashton Eaton will be halfway through the 10 events of the decathlon, seeking to add the world title to his Olympic gold.
The American took control of the two-day decathlon early Saturday, building a big lead over defending champion Trey Hardee.
After three events, Eaton had 2,755 points, with Michael Schader scoring 2,707 for second place and American newcomer Gunnar Nixon third with 2,677. Hardee was in fifth place with 2,634 points.

The evening program still had the high jump and the 400 meters before finishing up Sunday.
But Saturday's highlight may be Bolt, who will be seeking to recapture the gold he won in world record time in Berlin four year
Saturday's opening amid near-empty stands left it to Usain Bolt to set the nine-day event alight Saturday night when he opens his campaign for three sprint gold medals.
By that time, world-record holder Ashton Eaton will be halfway through the 10 events of the decathlon, seeking to add the world title to his Olympic gold.
The American took control of the two-day decathlon early Saturday, building a big lead over defending champion Trey Hardee.
After three events, Eaton had 2,755 points, with Michael Schader scoring 2,707 for second place and American newcomer Gunnar Nixon third with 2,677. Hardee was in fifth place with 2,634 points.
s ago and then relinquished when he false-started in the 2011 final in Daegu, South Korea.
Looking around him, he will know he is the overwhelming favorite in the absence of injured defending champion Yohan Blake and American star Tyson Gay, who is out because of a doping scandal.
Bolt will be looking to add the 200 and the 400 relay title to make it a golden triple one year after a similar feat at the London Olympics.
Mo Farah of Britain is going for a golden double to emulate his Olympic performance before a frenzied home crowd last year. He, too, will be the overwhelming favorite in the 10,000-meter final after demonstrating his devastating finishing kick during a 1,500 race at a Diamond League meet in Monaco last month.
By that time, most of the 35,000 seats inside the stadium that hosted the 1980 Moscow Olympics should be filled.
The morning session, with only several hundreds of fans sprinkled across the massive stadium, stood in contrast with the London Olympics, when every session was an 80,000 sellout.
"When it gets fuller for the final, it is going to be more impressive," French discus thrower Milina Robert-Michon said.
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