Press Release - Khalid Khannouchi - 5/27/09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

       Khalid Khannouchi on Road to Recovery after Foot Surgery
 Former world record holder in the marathon expected to race this fall

BOSTON - (May 27, 2009) - New Balance, a leading global manufacturer of 
performance footwear and apparel, has announced that Team New Balance 
runner Khalid Khannouchi, two-time world record holder and current U.S. 
marathon record holder, is recovering well from recent foot surgery and 
hopes to begin training and racing again this fall.

"I'm currently doing intense physical therapy at the U.S. Athletic Training 
Center in New York City so I can be fully competitive again," said 
Khannouchi. "I'm healing well and am eager and excited to return to racing 
for Team New Balance this fall."

After years of pain and discomfort in Khannouchi's left foot, an X-ray and 
MRI showed a bunion deformity with cartilage defect in his great toe joint 
and a bone spur in his ankle joint. The surgery, performed at Riverview 
Medical Center in Red Bank New Jersey by sports podiatrist Dr. John Connors 
and Dr. James Ludden, removed the bone spur from Khalid's left ankle. The 
bunionectomy / microfracture surgery on his first metatarsal joint involved 
a marrow stimulation that was used to treat the focal, symptomatic 
cartilage defects in the bone.

"I am grateful to the Riverview Medical Center and Drs. Connors and Ludden 
for all of their support and expertise," commented Khannouchi who has 
marathon wins at Chicago (4) and London (1).

Khannouchi, 37, will be required to use special running and racing 
orthotics to absorb the impact shock and provide correct biomechanical 
stability even after his physical therapy has ended.

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