Winner Wins Again
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<i> Associated Press</i>
MELBOURNE, Australia — Yiannis Kouros of Greece won the 628-mile Sydney-to-Melbourne ultra marathon for the fifth time today. Kouros walked the final 31 1/4 miles and still finished almost two hours ahead of his nearest rival.
Kouros, who had hoped to break the five-day barrier, was hampered by the flu and a leg injury and finished five minutes shy of six full days.
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