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Korir, Cherop win Boston Marathon
Kenyans win race despite high temperatures
Updated: Monday, 16 Apr 2012, 11:32 AM CDT
Published : Monday, 16 Apr 2012, 11:32 AM CDT
BOSTON (AP) - Wesley Korir won the Boston Marathon on Monday in a heat-slowed unofficial time of 2 hours, 12 minutes, 40 seconds.
A year after Geoffrey Mutai ran the fastest marathon in history to win here, Korir won the second-slowest Boston race since 1985. Mutai dropped out after 18 miles with cramps as temperatures rose into the 80s on the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton to Copley Square.
Sharon Cherop won the women's race to complete the Kenyan sweep, outsprinting fellow Kenyan Jemima Jelagat Sumgong to win in an unofficial 2 hours, 31 minutes, 50 seconds.
It was the fifth consecutive year that the women's race came down to a sprint down Boylston Street.
Korir was the 19th Kenyan men's winner in 22 years.
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