Boston Marathon
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Keflezighi wins Boston Marathon, first U.S. victor in three decades
Meb Keflezighi on Monday became the first U.S. male athlete to win the Boston Marathon in three decades, an emotional performance in a city still recovering from last year's fatal bombing attack on the world-renowned race.
Keflezighi, who was born in Eritrea but is now a U.S. citizen, pulled ahead of a pack of elite African runners a little more than halfway into the race and held off a late challenge by Kenya's Wilson Chebet as the Boston crowd chanted "USA! USA!" His official time: two hours, eight minutes and 37 seconds.
Among the women, Kenya's Rita Jeptoo notched her second consecutive win of the race, smashing a 12-year course record with a blistering official time of two hours, 18 minutes and 57 seconds, reeling in American Shalane Flanagan, who had led the women for the first 20 miles of the 26.2-mile (42.2-km) race, setting a punishing pace.
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One year ago, tragedy struck Boston. We remember and pray for the survivors and families & friends of the victims. bostonglobe.com/2014/04/14/one…by Rep. Randy Hultgren via twitter 4/15/2014 4:07:17 PM -
The story behind the Boston Bombing's 78-year-old survivor: di.gg/1gB1N7Sby digg via twitter 4/15/2014 4:16:01 PM -
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Mayor Thomas Menino is speaking now. He just got a standing ovation from the crowd. wgbhnews.orgby Boston Public Radio via twitter 4/15/2014 4:46:22 PM -
"A year ago, the very fabric of this community was tested to its core. And that community, our community, did not only endure, it inspired.”by Scott Malone via twitter 4/15/2014 4:48:08 PM -
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- Read more about these survivors and their stories at ESPNIn the smoke and bedlam that filled Boylston Street a few blocks short of the marathon finish line, Kristen McGuinness remembers people telling her to stop running.
She ignored them and kept going, frantic in the knowledge that her husband and two children were waiting for her in the crowd near the finish line. McGuinness, who had been on the course close to the sidewalk where the second bomb exploded, saw some of the worst of the carnage. Among the images forever seared into her memory is one of a gravely wounded child who looked to be the same age as her then-8-year-old son.
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Thoughts and prayers with our brothers and sisters in Boston - their courage in the wake of tragedy will never be forgotten. #BostonStrongby Bill de Blasio via twitter 4/15/2014 5:15:45 PM -
First wave of athletes, the mobility-impaired wave, has left Hopkinton in start of @BostonMarathon .by Scott Malone via twitter 4/21/2014 1:05:48 PM
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by Lara Salahi, Boston.com via twitter 4/21/2014 1:09:28 PM -
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Start times:
Mobility impaired: 8:50 a.m.
Wheelchair division: 9:17 a.m.
Handcycles: 9:22 a.m.
Elite Women: 9:32 a.m.
Elite Men and Wave One: 10 a.m.
Wave Two: 10:25 a.m.
Wave Three: 11 a.m.
Wave Four: 11:25 a.m.
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"As distance runners, we mature later," 38-year-old Boston Marathon champion Meb Keflezighi says after breaking long U.S. drought.by Scott Malone via twitter 4/21/2014 5:30:09 PM
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Meb Keflezighi at presser: "It was my dream to win Boston and to make it just like the Red Sox did and do the same thing for the people."by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/21/2014 5:33:16 PM -
Meb Keflezighi at presser on looking back at approaching the finish line: "Looking back is not a bad thing, it can save you a win."by Boston Marathon via twitter 4/21/2014 5:33:17 PM
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