African-American Beats Kenyan in L.A. Marathon
In perhaps the closest marathon finish ever, Nathan Martin of Michigan caught the East African frontrunner at the tape.
Michigan-born African-American Nathan Martin overtook Kenyan Michael Kamau at the finish line today to win the Los Angeles marathon. A few years ago, Martin broke the marathon record for an American-born black man set by Herman Atkins way back in 1979.
The Los Angeles marathon isn’t as big of a deal as the Boston, New York, or the dead-flat (and thus fast) Chicago marathons, but still …
Big time U.S. marathons are usually won by East Africans, or occasionally by whites, and sometimes by East Asians or Latinos. A regular heritage African-American, as Martin apparently is, …
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