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Samuel Kamau Wanjiru of Kenya celebrates winning the men's marathon in the athletics competition at the National Stadium during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, in this file picture taken August 24, 2008
Monday, May. 16, 2011

Open quoteOne wonders if we as an athletics family could have avoided this tragedy.Close quote

  • HAILE GEBRSELASSIE,
  • Ethiopian runner, on the death of 24-year-old Kenyan Sammy Wanjiru, an Olympic marathon champion, who fell from the balcony of his home on Sunday; police say they are investigating whether it was suicide or an accident
Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images | Source: BBC