Article: Marathon winners.(Dire Tune and Robert Cheruiyot won in Boston Marathon)(Brief article)

Article: Cheruiyot wins Boston Marathon; Dire Tune wins women's race
AP Online;  April 21, 2008 ;     165 words ......Cheruiyot has won his third consecutive Boston Marathon and becomes the first four-time winner...Rodgers. On the women's side, Ethiopian Dire Tune won in a thrilling finish that was the closest in Boston Marathon history. Cheruiyot took a commanding...final 100 meters to win her ...

Article: The thrill and the agony; Places measured by mere seconds.(NEWS)
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);  April 21, 2009 ;     599 words ...Byline: Jennifer Toland BOSTON - Kara Goucher choked...in yesterday's 113th Boston Marathon, but her tears were flowing...Kosgei and Ethiopia's Dire Tune overtook her with about...Olympics. It was her first Boston Marathon. Her time of 2:32:16...crossing the finish line as ...

Article: Tune beats Biktimirova by 2 seconds to win closest women's Boston Marathon
AP Worldstream;  April 21, 2008 ;     78 words ...Ethiopian Dire Tune won the women's race at the Boston Marathon in a thrilling finish that was the closest in history...broke away in the final 100 meters to win her debut Boston Marathon in an unofficial time of 2:25.25, two seconds ahead...

Article: Tune wins women's race at Boston Marathon in thriller
AP Online;  April 21, 2008 ;     75 words ...Ethiopian Dire Tune has won the women's race at the Boston Marathon in a thrilling finish that was the closest in history...broke away in the final 100 meters to win her debut Boston Marathon in an unofficial time of 2:25.25, two seconds ahead...

Article: 103rd Boston Marathon.
Palaestra;  March 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ......poised for the running of the 103rd Boston Marathon on Monday, April 19th. There were...men's wheelchair division. BAA and the Boston Marathon Amongst the country's oldest athletic...provided the inspiration for the first Boston Marathon held on April 19, 1897, following...

Article: Tune beats Biktimirova by 2 seconds in closest women's Boston Marathon ever
AP Worldstream;  April 21, 2008 ;     404 words ...When Dire Tune couldn't pull ahead of Alevtina Biktimirova...few miles (kilometers) left in the Boston Marathon, she decided to bide her time and...take the closest women's race in Boston Marathon history. I tried to run away from...

Article: Ethiopia's Dire Tune sets new world record in women's 1-hour race
AP Worldstream;  June 12, 2008 ;     55 words ...Dire Tune of Ethiopia has set a new world record in the women's one-hour race...mark of 18.340 kilometers set in 1998 by Tegla Loroupe of Kenya. The Boston Marathon champion completed the rarely run race Thursday in warm weather at the...

Article: Boston: the 100th marathon and the wheelchair athlete.(Cover Story)
Palaestra;  March 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ......unofficial runners), making the 100th Boston Marathon the world's largest marathon in history...100-year long period that encompasses the Boston Marathon (the world's oldest continuous annual...wheelchair athlete to complete the Boston Marathon. Almost an hour before noon (the ...

Article: Tune wins Boston women's race in thrilling finish
AP Online;  April 21, 2008 ;     429 words ...When Dire Tune couldn't pull ahead of Alevtina Biktimirova with a few miles left in the Boston Marathon, she decided to bide her time and outkick...to take the closest women's race in Boston Marathon history. I tried to run away from her...

Article: Firstgiving Runners Help Raise $1.9 Million for Charities in the 2009 Boston Marathon.
Business Wire;  April 21, 2009 ;     648 words ......fundraising efforts for the 113th Boston Marathon. Comprising nearly half of the charity-focus...fifth record-breaking year. To run the Boston Marathon, a runner has to either post a qualifying...than half of the money raised by all Boston Marathon charity runners, said David Karp...

Article: Tune sets world record in women's 1-hour race
AP Online;  June 12, 2008 ;     57 words ...Dire Tune of Ethiopia has set a world record in the obscure women's one-hour race...of 18.340 kilometers set in 1998 by Tegla Loroupe of Kenya. Tune, the Boston Marathon champion, completed the rarely run race Thursday in warm weather at...

Article: Cheruiyot, Tune win Boston Marathon
AP Online;  April 21, 2008 ;     482 words ...Robert Cheruiyot won his fourth Boston Marathon on Monday, and Dire Tune outkicked Alevtina Biktimirova by 2 seconds in the closest finish in the history of the women's race. Cheruiyot ran away from the...

Article: Nextel Tracks Elite Women Marathon Runners; Boston Marathon Official Wireless Sponsor.
Business Wire;  April 19, 1999 ;     381 words ......telecommunications sponsor of the Boston Marathon, will have an expanded crucial role...heel-to-toe on the narrow roads. Guy Morse, Boston Marathon race director of the Boston Athletic...likely contenders will be. For the 1999 Boston Marathon, Nextel is supplying 325 digital ...

Article: Boston Marathon breaks with 112-year tradition by putting ads on start and finish lines
AP Worldstream;  April 15, 2008 ;     378 words ...The Boston Marathon is breaking with a 112-year tradition...2010. Bill Rodgers, a four-time Boston Marathon winner, said sponsors deserve recognition...involved with the race since 1983. The Boston Marathon's ads will be limited to those...