Olympic champion Dita to run in Yokohama

TOKYO (Reuters) - Romania's Olympic champion Constantina Dita will run in next month's Yokohama International Women's Marathon, organisers said on Tuesday.

Dita and Kenyan Catherine Ndereba, who took silver in last year's Beijing Games and in Athens in 2004, head the overseas athletes for the Nov. 15 race.

The Romanian became the oldest Olympic marathon winner with her sensational victory in China at 38 years of age.

(Reporting by Alastair Himmer. Editing by Ed Osmond. To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)