Eurosport: Scan clears Lel of serious injuryLondon marathon champion Martin Lel should be fit to defend his title on Sunday after a scan on a hip problem sustained in training at the weekend showed no serious injury.
A statement from the organisers said the 30-year-old Kenyan had a precautionary scan on Wednesday evening.
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The Independent: Martin Lel: Born to run
Martin Lel was running in a time-trial in Nairobi on Sunday when he felt a twinge in his hip, which he knew immediately might stymie his chances of winning a third successive London Marathon on Sunday. Happily, an MRI scan on Wednesday evening showed no significant problem. Lel will run, and run fast. If the 30-year-old Kenyan is to become the first man with four London Marathon titles in his locker and only the second man to win three on the trot, he might even improve on the remarkable time – 2 hours 5 minutes 15 seconds – with which, in winning last year's race, he established a new course record.
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