LONDON (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, the second-fastest marathon runner in history, has withdrawn from Sunday's London race with a calf injury which has put paid to his showdown with Kenya's world record holder Eliud Kipchoge.
Bekele said he picked up the injury after "two fast training sessions too close together", leaving Kipchoge as an even hotter favourite to win his fifth London Marathon title, with the race being run on a new, multi-lap course at St James's Park.
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