They came to Chicago from all over the world -- top runners like Liliya Shobukhova of Russia, Mizuho Nasukawa of Japan and a whole crew of Kenyans. Flags and team clothing appeared like mini-UN gatherings on street corners. But while most media coverage had spent the previous week hyping and analyzing the 32nd Annual Chicago Marathon and the almost 35,000 runners, they were not really the big story.
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