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Bridge Run Results and Photos

Ethiopian man wins run with time of 29:37; Share your photos.

An estimated 42,000 people participated in the 2012 Cooper River Bridge Run Saturday. An Ethiopian man had the fastest time in the men's division and a Texas woman who may run in the 2012 Olympics swept the women's competition.

Solomon Deksisa won the men's portion of the race with a time of 29 minutes, 37 seconds. Janet Cherobon-Bawcom, a Nigerian native who became a U.S. citizen in 2010 swept the women's segment with a time of 33 minutes.

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Alexandre Dupont, a Canadian, had the fastest time in the race's wheelchair segment. He had a time of 25 minutes, 42 seconds. Keira-Lyn Frie, also of Canada, set a record with her time of 31 minutes, 34 seconds.

Here's a run down of the fastest male runners:

SOLOMON DEKSISA 0:29:37 LINUS CHUMBA 0:29:43 YIGEZE ZEMBABA 0:29:50 ABDELAZIZ ATMANI 0:29:50 BOBBY MACK 0:29:50

Here's a run down of the fastest female runners:

JANET CHEROBON-BAWCOM 0:33:00 MARY GENTRY 0:33:40 BEKELECH BEDADA 0:33:45 LINDSEY SHERF 0:33:48 DOREEN KITAKA 0:34:07


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