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Eritrea-American wins Houston Half-Marathon
Published 01/18/2009 - 3:37 p.m. GMT
Eritrea-born Keflezighi (photo ap)

Eritrea-American wins Houston Half-Marathon

JT - Eritrea born American Mebrahtom (Meb) Keflezighi was the Aramco Houston Half Marathon winner on Sunday. The Olympic medalist Keflezighi crossed the finish line in 1 hour and 1:25 minutes.

The second place winner was Dathan Ritzenhein, another American, who clocked in 1:01:35.

The 33-year old Keflezighi and his family went to the United States as a refugee and he quickly established himself in long distance running. In the 2004 Summer Olympics Mebrahtom finished second in the men's marathon, winning a silver medal in a time of 2 hours, 11 minutes and 29 seconds.

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Added: June 29, 2009. 07:47 AM GMT
Jill
"The Olympic medalist Keflezighi crossed the finish line in 1 hour and 1:25 minutes." Wow that is insanely fast. That is under 5 minutes a mile. Impressive. Jill - Houston Real Estate Blog
Anonymous
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Added: May 28, 2009. 11:49 AM GMT
why should this.
that was a great opinion on this citizen.i like that.thank you.

evani

real estate
evi
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Added: January 19, 2009. 11:00 AM GMT
Why only USA
I do really love the american policy on citzenship.You fell being treated as human when elswere.......!!!!
italy
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Added: January 19, 2009. 03:31 AM GMT
Meb, you did great job abandoning shabiya and running for america
haile
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Added: January 19, 2009. 03:21 AM GMT
i know you can hero(jegna)
congraratulations million times my beloved brother meb.well come back to your golden belt.i hope you stay healthy forever.keep it bro.(anbesaw wedi erey)
michael ande(MN)
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Added: January 18, 2009. 07:03 PM GMT
goooood job man! way to goooo now we need Zersenay to establish him self by representing to his own country ERITREA!!!
Anonymous
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Added: January 18, 2009. 06:17 PM GMT
great job meb!!
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