|
Don't have an account yet? You can create one. As a registered user you have some advantages like theme manager, comments configuration and post comments with your name. |
|  |
African News: Kenyans rule in Beantown
Africans win in both genders at marathon
The Kenyan national anthem got its
annual airplay yesterday after another
Boston Marathon sweep.
It was the Americans, though,
who were boasting of a breakthrough.
Robert Cheruiyot finished in two
hours seven minutes 14 seconds to
nip the course record by a single second,
and Rita Jeptoo won the
women’s race for Kenya’s fourth
sweep since 2000.
With five American
men in the top 10 — including
Nos. 3, 4 and 5 — the United States
had its best finish since the addition
of prize money in 1986 helped bring
back the top international fields.
“It’s exciting to see a lot of American
guys run well,” said Olympic
silver medallist Meb Keflezighi,
who was third behind Cheruiyot
and Kenya’s Benjamin Maiyo. “The
crowd was just phenomenal. When
they were chanting, ‘Go USA! Go
Meb! Go USA!’ I was like, ‘I’m glad
I’m here.’ ”
Nik Southwell of Victoria was
the top Canadian on the men’s side,
finishing 42nd in 2:31:09 while
Montreal’s Leslie Gold was the top
Canadian woman in 28th with a
time of 2:54:37.
A pair of Canadian wheelchair
racers posted top-3 finishes as
Diane Roy of Sherbrooke, Que., was
second in the women’s race in a
time of 1:48:52 while Kelly Smith
of Langley, B.C., was third on the
men’s side in 1:29:34. CANADIAN PRESS
Posted on Friday, April 21 @ 00:00:00 UTC by jcohen
|
|
| "Kenyans rule in Beantown" | Login/Create an Account | 0 comments |
|
| | The comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content. |
|
|
|
No Comments Allowed for Anonymous, please register |
|
| |
