Cheruiyot Wins His Fourth Boston Marathon; Tune Takes Women's Race
Posted on: Monday, 21 April 2008, 15:00 CDT
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON - Robert Cheruiyot is the winner of the Boston Marathon.
He finished in two hours seven minutes 46 seconds. Cheruiyot missed the course record he set two years ago by 33 seconds. Dire Tune outkicked Alevtina Biktimirova to win by two seconds, the closest finish in the history of the women's race.
Tune's unofficial time was 2:25:25.
Cheruiyot became the fourth man with four victories in the men's edition of the world's oldest annual 42.2-kilometre race. Both winners earned US$150,000.
Source: Canadian Press
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