Robert Cheruiyot Wins 4th Boston Marathon, Women's Race Has Closest Finish Ever

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Robert Cheruiyot Wins 4th Boston Marathon, Women's Race Has Closest Finish Ever
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Kenya's Robert Cheruiyot continued his dominance of America's most prestigious road race today, winning the Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 46 seconds. In the women's race, Ethiopia's 22-year-old Dire Tune beat the Russian Alevtina Biktimirova by 2 seconds in the closest finish ever. Tune finished in 2:25:25. South African Ernst Van Dyk finished the men's wheelchair race in 1:26:49 ... [link]

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