Zhou Chunxiu became the first Chinese woman to win the London Marathon

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Zhou Chunxiu became the first Chinese woman to win the London Marathon.

In testing, warm conditions, the 28-year-old broke away from Lornah Kiplagat and Gete Wami after 22 miles.

Zhou won in a time of two hours, 21 minutes and 38 seconds with Wami second and Romanian Constantina Tomescu-Dita coming through well to finish third.

Mara Yamauchi was the leading Briton, coming sixth after running a strong second half of the race while Liz Yelling was eighth.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/6580937.stm

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April 22, 2007 / 4:54 pm
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