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Article: Down to (and at) wire: Winner Cheruiyot falls at finish, hits his head, slides across line, goes to hospital
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 23, 2006
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It was bizarre. It almost was tragic. It definitely was heroic.
Robert K. Cheruiyot had beaten the marathon gods, but apparently
not the odds, after 26.2 miles of grueling, windswept running on
Sunday in the 29th LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon.
Finally getting the best of fellow Kenyan Daniel Njenga after a
storybook duel over the last couple of miles, jubilant but exhausted
Cheruiyot leaned back and began raising his arms in triumph as he
neared the finish banner.
That's when it all went wrong. The lean-back motion caused him to
slip, and as he tried to stride forward, he fell backward, banging
his head hard on the Columbus Drive pavement.
After being attended to at the finish line, ...