The Boston Globe By John Powers Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia (Left) reclaimed the title he won two years ago, winning the Boston Marathon by a 31-second margin Monday. Caroline Rotich of Kenya (Right) won the women’s race. (Photo: USA Today) Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa ran away from the pack to post his second Boston Marathon men’s
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By:Associated Press Photo by: Chris Christo Half marathon winners and Ethiopian natives Lelisa Desisa and Mamitu Daska congratulate each other today in Boston. BOSTON — Mamitu Daska and Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia have won the Boston Athletic Association Half Marathon. Daska established a new event record Sunday of 1:08:20. Desisa earned his second consecutive B.A.A.
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Boston marathon honours bomb victims April 21, 2014 BBC Meb Keflezighi says he only ran as a child in war-torn Eritrea to escape the soldiers. Thousands of marathoners have taken to the streets of Boston, after the city honoured three…
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21 April 2014 By Reuters Some 36,000 athletes, including Kenyan and Ethiopian runners who are consistently ranked among the world’s fastest, will run in the 118th Boston Marathon on Monday, putting the world-renown race back in the spotlight after it…
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19 April 2014 Reuters Lelisa Desisa (Photo: Reuters) When Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa returns to the starting line of the Boston Marathon on Monday after winning the fabled footrace last year one of his fiercest challengers may be Kenyan Dennis Kimetto.…
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