Twenty-two Gazan runners, including former Olympian, Nadar al-Masri, hoped to reach the start line.
And what can any potential competitors expect if they front up to the start line?
However, he has promised to be on the start line for the race's 30th anniversary on Sunday 19 September.
Although Le Defi was first across the start line, Victory led by 33 seconds at the first mark and extended on all subsequent legs.
Both boats sped towards the start line and crossed at the same time but the Kiwis built a 14-second lead at the top mark.
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By 08:00 BST, two hours before the first stage started, the viewing area near the start line was already packed, and further down the marina people stood patiently waiting for the teams.
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And so despite my status as a running refusenik, I found myself herded, among a crowd of far fitter, healthier, sportier types, into a pen behind the start line, part of a sea of red t-shirted runners beneath a threatening gray sky.
The World Cup leader went ahead off the start and reached the finishing line without any contact for a trouble-free win in the only new event at the Games.
The Select Sector SPDR Industrial ( XLI) is up 6.8% since the start of the year and the weekly chart shows the breakout above resistance, line h, at the start of the New Year.
He said the first of a new fleet of carriages should start using the line in 2015.
London will be the start and finish line for the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
The grandstands where fans were injured are about 200 feet from the start-finish line.
Brownlee knows exactly what he has to do to cement his place on the Hyde Park start line come 2012.
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For next year, there will be a completely different position for the start-finish line, so the pits and paddock will be in a completely different place.
We saw Liz buying all the hot dogs from a hot dog vendor because she was upset that someone tried to cut the line and start a new one.
Chart Analysis: The weekly chart of the Select Sector SPDR Financial ( XLF) shows the strong close above the resistance at line a, to start off the New Year.
But double-long agriculture commodity ETNs is probably where we might want to start drawing the line.
When companies fudge their numbers, they usually start with the top line.
Where their argument stands out is in the time line for when the crunch will start to destabilize economies, politics and society in general: as early as 2015.
How are we going to start drawing the line as more and more of our personal lives migrate online and thus into the vision of our employers and colleagues?
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This is the start of the High Line Park, the first section of which opened in June 2009 and stretches north, crossing over 10th Avenue and through the Chelsea Market to West 20th Street.
In my humble opinion the ball was on the 20 yard line when Mr. Laia took over and he struggled for more than 18 months to run it over the goal line to start commercial shipments.
Paddy McCourt, given a rare start in the Celtic line-up, weaved his way into the Rennes penalty area early in the second half but an excellent challenge by M'Vila prevented the winger getting his shot away.
The daily chart of the Spyder Trust ( SPY) shows the gap through resistance (line b) at the start of the year.
But with the British title now vacant the other heavyweights can start getting into line for eliminator bouts to have a crack at the crown.
The famous blue line that runners follow from the start to the finish had also recently been painted along the route.
"One of the reasons we wanted to examine this now and start drawing a line is the technology keeps improving from year to year, " he adds.
So, with sovereign debt contagion looking like it is starting to roll and declines in Asia based on policy tightening fears, it appears that the bears are looking at a new set of downs and will start on the one-foot line.
Bath's European ambitions were effectively dashed 10 minutes after the re-start, when Magne glided over the try line.
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