Cheruiyot canters to fourth Boston victory

Monday, April 21st, 2008

BOSTON (AP) -- Two-time defending champion Robert Cheruiyot won his fourth Boston Marathon in near-ideal conditions on Monday, while Dire Tune outsprinted Alevtina Biktimirova by two seconds in the closest finish in the history of the women's race. Kenya's Cheruiyot ran away from the pack to finish the 26.2-mile course from ...

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Runners vie for largest Boston marathon purse ever

Monday, April 21st, 2008

BOSTON (AP) — The 112th Boston Marathon got started Monday with defending champion Robert Cheruiyot and a field of more than 25,000 runners leaving the starting line in Hopkinton for the 26.2-mile run to Copley Square. Cheruiyot was looking for his fourth Boston win. Lidiya Grigoryeva, last year's women's winner, was ...

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