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HAS CLOSED IT BACK UP.
>> SAMMY IS SO GUTTY.
HE'S COMING BACK.
HE'S COMING AGAIN.
AND KEBEDE LOOKS GOOD.
HE GRABS THIS WATER BOELTHS
BOTTLE VERY EASILY.
BUT SAMNY IS ALMOST ON HIS
BACKSIDE.
AND AGAIN, SAMMY IS FEELING GOOD
RIGHT NOW.
ONE MILE TO GO.
ONE MILE.
>> DOES KEBEDEE KNOW THAT
HE'S -- HE HAS TO KNOW HE'S
THERE NOW.
>> HE KNOWS HE'S CLOSE.
>> HE KEEPS LOOKING LEFT, BUT
HE'S ON THEIR RIGHT.
>> THEY'RE LOSING THEIR STRENGTH
AND I'M LOSING MY VOICE.
>> TAKE A LITTLE BREAK HERE.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN A
SECOND.
A REMINDER THAT THE WORLD
RECORD -- NOT THE WORLD RECORD,
BUT THE CHICAGO RECORD HERE,
2:05.41, WHICH WAS SET BY SAMMY
WANJIRU -- THERE'S WANJIRU NOW.
OH, MY GOSH.
>> LOOK AT KEBEDE'S REACTION
WHEN HE ACTUALLY CEASE HE'S
THERE.
>> WHEN HE COMES ON HIM, KEBEDE
PUSHES THE PACE A LITTLE BID
MORE TO TRY TO DISCOURAGE HIM A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT SAMNY IS NOT DISCOURAGED.
>> THIS IS THE MOST RIGHT NOW,
SAMMY WANJIRU SAYING I'M GOING
THE TAKE THIS THING AND KEBEDE
IS SPONSORED.
>> IT'S A SPRINT WITH A MILE TO
GO.
AND HERE COMES KEBEDE.
>> WOW.
>> REMEMBER, THERE'S $500,000 ON
THE LINE HERE TO THE WINNER.
>> SAMMY HAS BEEN BROKEN THREE
TIMES.
HE'S REFUSE TO GO GIVE IN.
KEBEDE GOES BACK, LOWERS, PUTS
THE HAMMER DOWN.
>> THIS IS LIKE FRAZIER ALI.
>> HE CAN'T PUT A STAKE IN HIS
HARD HEART.
SAMMY IS COMING BACK AGAIN.
>> ANOTHER SNEAK ATTACK, TONY.
>> THIS AIN'T IS ASNEAK ANY
MORE.
ALL HANDS ON DECK NOW.
NOW KEBE DID HE LOOKS OVER HIS
SHOULDER, HE WON'T SEE ANYBODY
BECAUSE SAMMY IS RIGHT BEHIND
HIM.
>> LILESA IS LIKE 200 YARDS
BACK.
>> EACH TIME THAT YOU THINK
KEBEDE HAS BROKEN WANJIRU, HE
FIGHTS RIGHT BACK.
HE REFUSES TO GO GENTLY.
I'M WARNING IF HE'S GOING TO
WAIT AND TRY TO DO ONE FINAL
SURGE.
>> THERE GOES KEBE DID HE AGAIN.
HE PULLS AWAY EVERY TIME.
SAMMY HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GO
TO THE FRONT AND ESTABLISH A
LEAD HIMSELF.
BUT THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH OF
FIFTH TIME THAT KEBEDE HAS TRIED
TO DRIVE HIM AWAY.
HE JUST CAN'T PUT HIM AWAY.
AT SOME POINT, SAMMY SAYS, IF I
COULD JUST GET ON THAT FINAL
STRETCH, MAYBE I COULD WIN THIS
THING.
>> THEY'RE IN THE FINAL MILE OF
THIS RACE.
.WA A RACE IT HAS BEEN.
CAN HE BE DID HE, WANJIRU, SIDE
BY SIDE AND HEADED FOR HOME.
ONE OF THESE MEN IS GOING TO WIN
THE WORLD MARATHON MAJORS TITLE
AND TAKE HOME $500,000.
AND NOW IT'S KEBEDE AGAIN.
TONY.
>> WHAT CAN YOU SAY?
>> 800 YARDS TO GO.
>> SAMMY THEN GOES DOWN AND
KICKS IT INTO GEAR.
SAMMY HAS GOT THE ABILITY TO
SHIFT GEARS AND GO INTO IT.
HE JUST CAN'T HOLD IT FOR VERY
LONG.
HE OUGHT TO HOLD HIS FIRE.
BUT THERE THEY GO.
THERE HE GOES.
HARD, HARD, HARD.
>> THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
WANJIRU THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO
GET BY HIM BRIEFLY AND THEN
KEBEDE RALLIES AND COMES BACK.
>> THEY ARE PRACTICALLY IN FULL
SPRINT.
HERE IS THE TURN ON TO ROOSEVELT
OVER THE BRIDGE.
THAT LITTLE HILL.
>> LET'S SEE WHO HAS THE MOST
STRENGTH GOING UP THE HILL NOW.
IT'S WANJIRU.
>> SAMMY OUT FRONT.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SAMMY HAS
BEEN IN FRONT.
HE MIGHT DO IT.
LOOK AT THAT GUY!
LOOK AT WANJIRU.
>> OH, MY GOSH!
THIS GUY IS AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION.
STH A KNOCKOUT PUNCH RIGHT HERE
IF I'VE EVER SEEN IT.
IT'S A SLIGHT UPHILL.
W AYE NJIRU IS PUTTING SERIOUS
DISTANCE OVER HE AND KEBEDE.
>> AND YOU CAN SEE THE COURSE
RECORD, 2:05.41.
>> THIS RACE IS OVER.
>> LOOK, JUST A FOOTBALL
DISGUISED GUY.
UNBELIEVABLE VICTORY.
I MEAN, HE WON LAST YEAR IN A
COURSE RECORD.
HE'S THE OLYMPICIC CHAMPION, THE
FORMER LONDON CHAMPION.
THIS HAS TO BE THE GREATEST RACE
OF HIS LIFE.
>> AND YOU CAN HEAR ALL THE
SPECTATORS CHEERING LOUDLY AS
THEY SEE HIM COMING DOWN THE
STRETCH RUN.
>> WOW, 23-YEAR-OLD SAMMY
WANJIRU FROM KENYA.
THE DEFENDING CHAMPION.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS GOING TO
WIN TODAY, WIN AGAIN AS HE COMES
DOWN THE FINAL STRAIGHTWAY.
>> AN AMAZING MARATHONER.
HE HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THIS
SPORT, SIGNALS TO THE CROWD.
>> TALK ABOUT GUTS, TALK ABOUT
COURAGE, TALK ABOUT STAMINA,
STAMINA, SAMMY WANJIRU HAS IT