Ethiopians sweep Houston Marathon titles

Gelena won in two hours, seven minutes and 37 seconds while Erkesso took her crown in 2:23:53, nearly 30 seconds under her old mark.

American Shalane Flanagan, the 10,000 metres Olympic bronze medalist at the 2008 Games, won the Houston women's half-marathon crown in her first race beyond 10,000m in 1:09.41.

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