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Gelana set for Houston Marathon defence - IAAFPublished by
Houston, USA - Defending Chevron Houston Marathon champion and course record holder Teshome Gelana will return to Houston to defend his 2010 title on Sunday 30 January. Gelana, 25, whose 2010 Houston Marathon performance also set a Texas state All-Comers record, is the No. 1 seed, followed by Felix Keny of Kenya, who placed second at the 2010 Barcelona Marathon clocking a personal record of 2:07:36. In the women's marathon, Ashu Kasim of Ethiopia holds the No. 1 seed after winning the Istanbul-Eurasia Marathon in Turkey last October, setting a course record of 2:27:27. |