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Above is a picture of the 2004 Olympic women’s marathon. The Olympics that year took place in Athens, Greece and the race route was similar to the ancient path traveled from Marathon to Athens. The top three finishers were Mizuki Noguchi from Japan with a time of 2 hours, 26 minutes, 20 seconds, Catherine Ndereba of Kenya with a time of 2 hours, 26 minutes, 32 seconds and Deena Kastor of the United States with a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes, 20 seconds. The marathon has come a long way from its ancient greek roots.