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Lelisa Desisa – winner of Boston Marathon honors victims, returning medal
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia crosses the finish line to win the Boston Marathon, April 15 2013. PHOTO/Elise Amendola AP
Lelisa Desisa, the winner of the men’s race at the Boston Marathon says he is returning his winner’s medal to honor the city and those killed and injured in the terrorist bombings near the finish line of one of the world’s top running events.
Desisa says sport should be a pleasure and never a battlefield. He made the announcement Sunday at a ceremony with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
The April 15 explosions at the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured more than 260 others.
Kerry is in Ethiopia to mark the 50th anniversary of the African Union.
Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press
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