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Article: Cheruiyot wins 4th Boston Marathon men's race; Tune bests Biktimirova in closest women's race
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- April 21, 2008
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Robert Cheruiyot won his fourth Boston Marathon and Dire Tune outkicked Alevtina Biktimirova by 2 seconds in the closest finish in the history of the women's race on Monday.
Cheruiyot ran away from the pack to finish in a blistering 2 hours, 7 minutes, 46 seconds. The Kenyan missed the course record he set two years ago by 32 seconds, but became the fourth man to win the world's oldest annual marathon four times.
After crossing the finish line, he dropped to his knees to kiss the ground before standing up and counting off his four victories with an upraised arm.
"This was the hardest," Cheruiyot said. "Boston is not a very easy course, it's very difficult. ...