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[UAH] Boston Marathon Winner to Return Medal to Honor Blast Victims

Boston Marathon Winner to Return Medal to Honor Blast Victims

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks to 2013 Boston Marathon winner Lelisa Desisa Bentiin, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 26, 2013.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks to 2013 Boston Marathon winner Lelisa Desisa Bentiin, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 26, 2013.
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VOA News

May 26, 2013

The winner of this year's Boston Marathon, Ethiopian runner Lelisa Desisa, says he wants to return his medal to the city to honor the victims of the April bombing.

Desisa met Sunday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa.  He said "sport should never be used as a battleground." And he said returning to Boston would show that the commitment to freedom is stronger than any act of violence.

The twin blasts near the Boston Marathon finish line April 15 killed three people and wounded more than 260. A Chechen-born suspect is in federal custody. His brother, also suspected of the blasts,  was killed in a police shootout.

Thousands of runners who were stopped short because of the bombings ran the last kilometer of the course Saturday to symbolically finish the race.
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Gwokto La'Kitgum

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