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Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopian athlete
Noureddine Morceli
Algerian athlete
Radcliffe, Paula
Paula Radcliffe
British distance runner
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot
Kenyan runner
Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek
Czech runner
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish runner
Grete Waitz
Norwegian athlete
Kip Keino
Kip Keino
Kenyan distance runner
Billy Mills
American athlete
Hannes Kolehmainen
Finnish athlete
Wang Junxia
Chinese athlete
Spyridon Louis
Greek marathon runner
Lasse Virén
Finnish distance runner
Marathon runner Abebe Bikila
Abebe Bikila
Ethiopian athlete
Shorter, Frank
Frank Shorter
American athlete
Ville Ritola
Finnish athlete
Eliud Kipchoge: 2022 Berlin Marathon
Eliud Kipchoge
Kenyan distance runner
Steve Prefontaine
Steve Prefontaine
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