Gebrselassie named to Tokyo field

Former world record holder Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia is among the foreign invitees for the Tokyo Marathon next month, the Tokyo Marathon Foundation said Friday. The 38-year-old Gebrselassie, who had his world record broken by Kenya's Patrick Makau at the Berlin Marathon last September, was scheduled to run in last year's Tokyo race but pulled out after bruising both knees after a fall ……

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