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Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot and Rita Jeptoo win 110th Boston Marathon

<p">The Kenyans </p">Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot

<p">and Rita Jeptoo won the

110th BAA Boston Marathon. In good weather conditions 22,517

athletes participated in the race which has a point-to-point course from

Hopkinton to Boston. The

BAA Boston Marathon was also the premiere of the new World Marathon Majors

Series (WMM). </p">Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot

<p"> won with a new course record of 2:07:14 hours ahead of

his countryman Benjamin Maiyo (2:08:21) and

US American Meb Keflezighi (2:09:56).

Rita Jeptoo won in 2:23:38 hours

ahead of Jelena Prokopcuka (Latvia/2:23:48) and

Japanese Reiko Tosa (2:24:11).

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