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Tue 10 Oct 2008Wall in a day's work for Naumov
ATHLETICS/DUBLIN CITY MARATHON: THERE COMES a point in the marathon where caution surrenders to ambition, and if you're one of the elite, it's not just about finishing but about winning. Deciding on that point is the tricky part, and Andriy Naumov judged it perfectly yesterday to win the 29th running of the Dublin Marathon.
For the 35-year-old from Ukraine, competing in Dublin for the first time, it was at 19 miles and the short climb up Clonskeagh Road, when he surged from the lead group and took the race by the proverbial scruff of the neck.
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