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Ukraine's WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko announced Wednesday he would run for mayor of Kyiv for a second time. Out of the boxing ring, Klitschko is an active politician and heads the liberal Udar party in his homeland. The 40-year-old lost the 2006 vote to current mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi, campaigning on an anti-corruption platform. Read more here.