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With
approximately 3/4 of a mile to go, the surprise leader is Margaret
Okayo.
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Okayo,
the reigning NYC Marathon Champion, pulls away from Catherine Ndereba.
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Okayo
went on to win in the fourth fastest time ever (and a Boston course
record) of 2:20:43.
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Catherine
Ndereba, the two-time champion here and current world record holder,
runs second.
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Ndereba's
2:21:12 was the fastest non-winning time ever in a women's marathon.
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Elfenesh
Alemu finished third, nearly five minutes later, in 2:26:01.
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Sun
Yingjie of China finished fourth in 2:27:26.
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Firaya
Sultanova, 40, won the masters race and finished 5th overall in
2:27:58.
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Bruna
Genovese of Italy runs with Christian Zwicky and Keven O'Neil.
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Genovese
finished sixth in 2:29:02.
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Nuta
Olaru of Romania runs with Naoki Hirasawa of Japan.
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Olaru
finished seventh in 2:30:26.
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Mai
Tagami of Japan finished eighth in 2:32:00.
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Gitte
Karlshoj, 42, finished second in the masters race and ninth overall
in 2:35:01.
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Yukari
Komatsu of Japan finished 10th in 2:35:34.
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Michael
Rosenthal runs ahead of Jackie Gallagher of Australia.
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Gallagher
finished 11th in 2:35:46.
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Irina
Timofeyeva of Russia finished 12th in 2:36:47.
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Jill
Gaitenby was the top American for the second year in a row, finishing
13th in 2:38:55.
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Gaitenby
called it her first "disastrous" marathon.
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