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Seymore News
| 1 year ago
Meyer finishes Boston Marathon Jayson Meyer, a native of Seymour who now lives in Indianapolis, completed the Boston Marathon on Monday...There were 12,588 men and 8,966 women who completed the 26.2-mile race, and Meyer placed 379th out of male...
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Fitsugar
| 1 year ago
The unusually hot weather caused dehydration, heat exhaustion, and in some cases, heat stoke for some of the 2,000 runners. Amid those grueling temps, Kenya's Sharon Cherop emerged as the women's elite champion , who during a press conference shared...
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The Carmi Times
| 1 year ago
Tony Brake, a native of Albion, finished 16,025 in the 2012 Boston Marathon Monday, April 16...The 2012 race was the third consecutive Boston Marathon that Brake had competed in. He completed the course in 2012 in a time of 4:17.12, but finished 19,...
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The Star
| 1 year ago
NBA Championship New Orleans 75 Charlotte 67, Indiana 111 Minnesota 88, Orlando 113 Philadelphia 100, Atlanta 109 Toronto 87, Miami 101 New Jersey 98, Washington 87 Chicago 84, Denver 105 Houston 102, Utah 123 Dallas 121 (OT), Phoenix 125 Portland...
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The Hartford Courant
| 1 year ago
Wesley Korir finished in a heat-slowed 2 hours, 12 minutes, 40 seconds to win the men's race almost 10 minutes slower than the world best posted by Geoffrey Mutai a year earlier. Sharon Cherop won a sprint down Boylston Street to take the women's...
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Japan Times
| 1 year ago
Trailing the leaders by 180 meters when the Boston Marathon slogged through Heartbreak Hill, Wesley Korir passed them one by one until he took the lead on his way out of Kenmore Square. That's when leg cramps forced him to slow down and relinquish...
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China Post
| 1 year ago
Kenyan runners swept both Boston Marathon podiums on Monday as Wesley Korir won the men's race and Sharon Cherop triumphed in the women's edition in steamy temperatures that slowed the defending champions. Korir, 29, a graduate of the University of...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
While thousands dropped out of Boston's Marathon on Monday due to the squelching heat, thousands braved the race, but were treated in medical tents for dehydration and heat exhaustion. As temperatures soared to the upper 80s, 120 runners were taken...
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The Post Crescent
| 1 year ago
Area finishers The top finisher in Monday's Boston Marathon from Wisconsin was Jason Ryf of Oshkosh, who was 27th overall with a time of 2:31:50. Finishers from The Post-Crescent circulation area were: Timothy S...There are races to run fast, and...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 1 year ago
Making the final turn of the Boston Marathon , with almost 26 miles behind them and just a few blocks to go, the runners abandoned convention and swung wide to the far side of Boylston Street. Forget the shortest distance to the finish, that's where...
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Boston Globe
| 1 year ago
A year ago, while making her Boston Marathon debut, Sharon Cherop found herself in a three-person lead pack near the end, but couldn't generate the necessary closing push that victory in this race almost always requires...Cherop made sure history...
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Boston Globe
| 1 year ago
Just before Heartbreak Hill a spectator shouted to him that he was in sixth place...One by one, it just happened.'' Thus did the 29-year-old Kenyan claim the men's title at the 116th Boston Marathon on the most scorching Patriots Day hereabouts since...
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PRWeb
| 1 year ago
April 17, 2012 RoadFish.com men’s lifestyle and finance magazine today wished to commend all the participants of this year’s Boston Marathon, who competed in 80-degree temperatures in Boston yesterday, and a special congratulations to the Kenyan...
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KSAZ
| 1 year ago
About 75 people were hospitalized Monday after a sweltering running of the Boston Marathon. TV, roughly 60 runners were taken to Newton-Wellesley Hospital, while 14 more were treated at Metrowest Medical Center's Framingham and Natick campuses after...
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The Benton Evening News
| 1 year ago
News to know A national poll indicates that nearly three-quarters of Americans support the so-called "Buffet Rule, " requiring people earning $1 million a year or more to pay at least 30 percent in taxes. Quote of note "It's hot out there, in case...
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Star Phoenix
| 1 year ago
Canada's Joshua Cassidy was the surprise winner Monday in the men's wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon. The 27-year-old from Oakville, Ont., set a world- and course-record time of one hour 18 minutes 25 seconds for the 42.195-kilometre distance.
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The Age
| 1 year ago
Story continues below Cherop led a Kenyan women's podium sweep as well, winning in 2:31:50 to edge Jemima Jelagat Sumgong by two seconds, with Georgina Rono third in 2:33:09...The race gave top runners a chance to impress their homeland Olympic...
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Denver Post
| 1 year ago
Boulder's Jason Hartmann finished this morning as the top American in the 116th running of the Boston Marathon. Hartmann, 31, ended up fourth , completing the fabled 26.2-mile course in 2 hours, 14 minutes, 31 seconds...Hartmann is also an assistant...
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Merced Sun-Star
| 1 year ago
It was almost 10 minutes behind the world best established here a year ago by Geoffrey Mutai and the second-slowest Boston victory since 1985. Mutai, who was hoping a repeat victory would earn him a spot on the Kenyan Olympic team, dropped out after...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Kenya's Wesley Korir pulled away in the final mile Monday and won the 116th running of the Boston Marathon. Korir covered the 26.2 mile-course in 2 hours, 12 minutes, 40 seconds to lead a Kenyan sweep to the podium. Levy Matebo was second in 2:13:06...
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Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
Trailing the leaders by 200 yards when the Boston Marathon slogged through Heartbreak Hill, Wesley Korir passed them one by one until he took the lead on his way out of Kenmore Square. That's when leg cramps forced him to slow down and relinquish the...
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Boston Globe
| 1 year ago
Invalid email address Add a personal message: Your e-mail: Invalid email address Sending your article Your article has been sent...But it was some common sense and adherence to the day's conventional wisdom that helped the two-time Los Angeles...
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New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 1 year ago
Kenyan runners swept both Boston Marathon podiums as Wesley Korir won the men's race and Sharon Cherop triumphed in the women's edition in steamy temperatures that slowed the defending champions. Korir, 29, a graduate of the University of Louisville...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Kenya n marathon runner Wesley Korir won the 2012 Boston Marathon on Monday for the men, becoming the 19th Kenya n man to win the marathon in the last 22 years. The 29-year-old won in a heat-slowed time of two hours, 12 minutes and 40 seconds that...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Kenya n marathon runner Wesley Korir won the 2012 Boston Marathon on Monday for the men, becoming the 19th Kenya n man to win the marathon in the last 22 years. The 29-year-old won in a heat-slowed time of two hours, 12 minutes and 40 seconds that...
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Star Phoenix
| 1 year ago
Kenyan runners swept both Boston Marathon podiums on Monday as Wesley Korir won the men's race and Sharon Cherup triumphed in the women's edition in steamy temperatures that slowed the defending champions. Korir, 29, a graduate of the University of...
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Kuwait Times
| 1 year ago
Kenya's Wesley Korir and Sharon Cherop captured titles at the 116th Boston Marathon yesterday in heat that slowed the pace of world-class racers trying to impress Olympic selectors. Korir won the slowest men's race since 2007 and second-slowest since...
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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
Before Monday's Boston Marathon even began, race officials warned of the excessive heat and urged the thousands of nonelite competitors to consider deferring to 2013. Stew Milne/Associated Press Runners in the 116th running of the Boston Marathon, in...
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Bradenton Herald
| 1 year ago
Kenya's Wesley Korir, Cherop win Boston Marathon AP Sports Writer Posted: 4:19pm on Apr 15, 2012; Modified: 1:11pm on Apr 16, 2012 Volunteers fill cups at the athlete's village prior to the start of the 116th running of the Boston Marathon, in...
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FanIQ
| 1 year ago
On a day that was marked by relatively high temperatures, Kenyans Wesley Korir and Sharon Cherop won the Boston Marathon with slower times than normal. Korir was the men's winner with a time of 2:12:40, and Cherop won the women's division at 2:31:50.
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France24
| 1 year ago
Men's elite field heads out during the start of the 116th running of the Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Kenya's Sharon Cherop won the women's title at the 116th Boston Marathon on Monday, edging compatriot Jemima Jelagat Sumgong for the...
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Fitsugar
| 1 year ago
Finishing behind Korir was Levy Matebo with a time of 2:13:06 and Bernard Kipyego with a time of 2:13:13...Defending champ and course record-holder Geoffrey Mutai was a favorite to win, but dropped out of the race at the 30K mark "due to cramping."...
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CNN Blog
| 1 year ago
Wesley Korir , 29, was tops among the men with an unofficial time of 2:12:41. Levy Matebo , 22, and Bernard Kipyego , 25, finished at 2:13:06 and 2:13:13, respectively. Sharon Cherop , 28, was the fastest among the women with an unofficial time of 2:...
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Fitsugar
| 1 year ago
Following behind Cherop was Jemima Jelagat Sumgong from Kenya. With 600 meters to go, Cherop broke away while turning onto Bolyston Street in downtown Boston maintaning her lead to the very end. Temperatures at today's starting line were in the 80s,...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Wesley Korir won the Boston Marathon on Monday in a heat-slowed unofficial time of 2 hours, 12 minutes, 40 seconds.
A year after Geoffrey Mutai ran the fastest marathon in history to win here, Korir won the second-slowest Boston race...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 1 year ago
Sharon Cherop won the women's race in the Boston Marathon on Monday, surviving hot weather and a challenge from fellow Kenyan Jemima Jelagat Sumgong to win in an unofficial 2 hours, 31 minutes, 50 seconds. It was the fifth consecutive year that the...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
The big story at today's Boston Marathon is the weather in particular the bright, sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s that have race officials worried about how well some of the 27,000 registered runners will cope with the heat for 26.2 miles. As...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
Canada's Josh Cassidy wins the men's wheelchair race at the London Marathon, London, Sunday April 25, 2010. The Associated Press Published Monday, Apr. 16, 2012 11:01AM EDT Last updated Monday, Apr. 16, 2012 11:07AM EDT Joshua Cassidy of Canada was...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
The 116th running of the Boston Marathon began Monday morning amid unseasonably warm weather that prompted race officials to take the extraordinary step of asking runners to consider skipping the race entirely and running next year instead. The...
