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PHILADELPHIA DISTANCE
RUN
CHAMPS, LILIYA SHOBUKHOVA
AND YIREFU BIRHANU.
CLAY SHAW PHOTO
Two Olympians Battle on Middle
Ground at ING Philadelphia Distance Run
BY DAVID BLOCK
PHILADELPHIA, PA--At the 31st Running of the ING Philadelphia
Distance Run this past September 21, two Olympians from the 2008
summer games at Beijing butted heads. Liliya Shobukhova of Russia
and Catherine Ndereba of Kenya squared off as they vied for the
first place cash prize of $3,500.00. Shobukhova finished the
13.1-mile half-marathon course first, 1:10:21, and Ndereba finished
second, 1:10:31, to collect the runner-up consolation cash prize
of $2000.00.
“This race was middle ground for them,” said Shobukhova’s
manager/interpreter Andrey Baranov. “Liliya runs 5Ks, Catherine
runs Marathons.”
When asked if she knew that Ndereba won the ING Philadelphia
Distance Run six times, her manager answered, “The only
thing that Liliya knew about Catherine was that she ran marathons.”
Shobukhova had no idea that no man or woman ever came close to
winning this race as many times as Ndereba.
“From the beginning of the race, I was feeling good,”
said Shobukhova, through Baranov. “I was running at my own
pace. I didn’t think about Catherine or anyone. I found
myself at the front of the pack. At 15K (9.3 miles), some of
the Kenyan girls pushed the pace, so I pushed, too.” She
soon grabbed the lead and held on to win.
(Continued...)
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