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In
the 20th mile of the race, Catherine Ndereba (left) and Elfenesh
Alemu ran together.
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Ndereba
seemed to be the one setting the pace, but Alemu was holding on.
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Ndereba
went on to win her third Boston Marathon title in 2:24:27. She also
won the race in 2000 and 2001.
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Alemu
finished second in 2:24:43.
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The
16 second differential between the top two tied the closest women's
race ever in Boston.
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Ndereba
has been involved in the top three closest races in Boston (2004,
2000, and 2002).
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Olivera
Jevtic was well behind the leaders by the 20th mile.
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Jevtic
of Serbia went on to finish third in 2:27:34.
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The
temperature at the start of the race was approximately 83 degrees,
and it rose to 85...
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...by
the finish. It was the hottest Boston Marathon since 1987.
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Jevtic
handled the conditions well and was only about two minutes off her
2:25:23 PR.
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Jelena
Prokopcuka of Latvia ran in fourth place in the 20th mile and held
her spot until the...
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...finish,
crossing the line in 2:30:16. Prokopcuka holds Latvian records in
nearly every...
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...distance
event. We were positioned across the street from an unofficial water
stop...
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...and
nearly every elite runner who went by took water. The athletes seemed
to be trying...
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...to
take in as many fluids as possible, regardless of the source or
type.
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Prokopcuka's
husband, Aleksander Prokopcuk holds the Latvian men's record in
the marathon.
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Lyubov
Denisova ran in fifth place in the 20th mile but wound up sixth
in 2:31:17.
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Denisova
finished second here a year ago and also finished second at the
2002 New York City Marathon.
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Denisova,
now 32 has a young daughter and is married to her coach, Maxim Denisov.
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