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IAAF.org: Zakia Mrisho wins Casablanca Women's race

2005-05-23

Casablanca – Tanzania’s Zakia Mrisho ended Morocco’s Zhor El Kamch’s domination of the Casablanca women’s race Courir pour le Plaisir (Run for Fun) today as she crossed the line ahead of 20,000 women in 32 minutes 49 seconds. Five-time winner Zhor El Kamch pulled up halfway through the race with severe cramps after leading the field through to the five kilometer point, leaving three contestants in the leading pack: Mrisho and the two Ethiopian contestants, Adaneche Zekiros Adane and Letay Negashe Hadish.

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