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Mebrahtom Keflezighi, U.S. Olympic Marathon silver medalist, left, is seen with Guy Morse, executive director of the Boston Marathon, right, during a news conference in Boston, Monday, Jan. 23, 2006, to announce the formation of the World Marathon Majors. The world's five premier international marathons, the Boston Marathon, the Flore London Marathon, the real,-Berlin-Marathon, the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, and the ING New York City Marathon, now present themselves as the World Marathon Majors. Keflezighi is planning to run the World Marathon Majors Series this spring at the 2006 Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)