USA: ATHLETICS - SOUTH KOREAN BONG-JU LEE WINS 105TH BOSTON MARATHON

Record ID: 974856

  • Title: USA: ATHLETICS - SOUTH KOREAN BONG-JU LEE WINS 105TH BOSTON MARATHON
  • Date: 19th April 2001
  • Summary: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES (APRIL 16, 2001) 1. RACE START 2. AERIAL OF START AREA 3. EARLY RACE LEADERS FIKA MAKHOSONKE (RSA-19),SIMON MPHOLO (RSA-18) AND HUSSAIN BASHIR (GREAT BRITAN-42) 4. EARLY WOMEN'S RACE LEADERS SOBANSKA MALGORZATA (POLAND F9) AND LUDMILLA PETROVA (RUSSIA F4) 5. ERNST VAN DYK OF
  • Embargoed: 3rd May 2001 13:00
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  • Location: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA3R589PRP6A2Z379APWH703TZP
  • Story Text:South Korea's Bong-Ju Lee won the 105th Boston marathon
    on Monday in an unofficial time of two hours 9 minutes and 42
    seconds, ending a 10-year winning streak by Kenyan runners in
    the world's oldest continuing marathon.

    Ecuadoran Silvio Guerra was second, followed by Kenyan
    Joshua Chelang'a. Chelang'a duelled Lee, a silver medalist at
    the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, stride for stride to
    approximately the 20-mile mark but was unable to keep pace and
    eventually had to yield second place to Guerra. Guerra
    finished in a time of 2:10:07 with Cheang'a clocking third in
    2:10:29.

    Catherine Ndereba of Kenya took the women's division in a
    time of 2:16:47 with Malgorzata Sobanska of Poland finishing
    in second place and Lyubov Morganova of Russia finishing third
    in 2:19:22. Nicknamed "Catherine the Great," Ndereba has
    slowed her pace only once, in 1997, to give birth to her
    daughter, Jane.

    Ernst Van Dyk of South Africa finished first in the men's
    wheelchair division in a time of 1:25:12 with Louise Sauvage
    of Australia finishing first for the women in 1:53:54. Rod
    DeHaven of the United States finished sixth in 2:12:41,
    becoming the first American to finish among the top 10 since
    1994. More than 450,000 lined the streets of Boston to watch
    the race.
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