Athletics

Brazil's Vanderlei De Lima will take part in Japan's Lake Biwa Marathon in March. De Lima chose the March 6 race as his first marathon since battling to third at the Olympics in August after being attacked by a crazed spectator while leading in Athens.

Brazil's Vanderlei De Lima will take part in Japan's Lake Biwa Marathon in March. De Lima chose the March 6 race as his first marathon since battling to third at the Olympics in August after being attacked by a crazed spectator while leading in Athens. Since the Olympics, De Lima has become a household name in Brazil, where he has been paraded with world leaders and deluged with advertising offers from around the world. De Lima won the 1996 Tokyo Marathon.

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