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Article: Cheruiyot hopes to realize rare repeat.(SPORTS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- April 14, 2007
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Byline: Rich Garven
BOSTON - There's only one thing harder than winning the Boston Marathon, and that's winning it two straight years.
When Robert Cheruiyot steps to the starting line in Hopkinton on Monday for the 111th rendition of the world's oldest annual marathon he will be trying to become the first repeat male champion here in 12 years and just the fourth runner to do so in the last three decades.
Kenya's Cosmas Ndeti completed a three-peat in 1995, making him the last of the nine runners to win Boston two or more consecutive years. Since then it's been a series of one-and-dones although Cheruiyot, who also hails from (surprise) Kenya, ...