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To: Carpe Cerevisi
Meb Keflezighi wins it. First American since Greg Meyer in 1983.

Meb was born in Eritrea in 1975.

44 posted on 04/21/2014 10:33:16 AM PDT by AU72
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To: AU72

He moved here when he was 12.


51 posted on 04/21/2014 12:10:08 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: AU72
Meb was born in Eritrea in 1975.

He's still an American. He was naturalized in 1983. Sorry he's not WASP-y enough for you.
58 posted on 04/22/2014 3:51:38 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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