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Nov-22-2005
Keflezighi Weds Asgedom
by David Monti
(c) Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved
Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi of Mammoth Lakes and San Diego,
Calif., wed his fiancée Yordanos Asgedom, last Saturday in Tampa, Fla., at
Chirst the King Catholic Church.
The ceremony, which took only slightly longer than Keflezighi's 2:09:56
marathon clocking at the ING New York City Marathon earlier this month, was
conducted entirely in Tigrinia, the official language of his native Eritrea.
Keflezighi became a U.S. citizen in 1998.
Asgedom, a Client Manager and Asst. Vice-President at Bank of America, plans
to relocate from Tampa to San Diego where the couple will live in
Keflezighi's primary residence there. He also owns a home in Mammoth Lakes
where he does his heavy training at high altitude.
Keflezighi, 30, is the U.S. record holder for 10,000m (27:13.98, 2001) and
the former U.S. 20-K record holder (58:57).
Mary Wittenberg, CEO and President of the New York Road Runners; Mike Long,
Elite Athlete Coordinator for Elite Racing; Bob Larsen, Keflezighi's
personal coach; and Matt Downin, an elite marathoner were amongst the
attendees at the wedding ceremony.
Later that evening, over 350 people attended a lively reception held for the
couple at the Hyatt hotel in downtown Tampa which featured traditional
Eritrean music and dance.
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