Sun E Sports...Sports For The Fanatical Southwestern Fans! » Olympic Marathon http://sunesports.com Sun E Sports...Sports For The Fanatical Southwestern Fans! Sun, 15 May 2011 21:09:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Kosgei, Merga Win, Americans Finish 3rd http://sunesports.com/96/kosgei-merga-win-americans-finish-3rd/ http://sunesports.com/96/kosgei-merga-win-americans-finish-3rd/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:07:27 +0000 M2 Specialists Inc http://sunesports.com/?p=96 Ethiopia’s Deriba Merga overcame the disappointment of his Olympic fade to win the Boston Marathon on Monday, and Kenya’s Salina Kosgei won the closest women’s race in the 113-year history of the event while Americans took third in both races for the best U.S. finish since 1985.

Merga, who was passed in the last quarter-mile and finished fourth in Beijing, pulled away before Heartbreak Hill and won in 2 hours, 8 minutes, 42 seconds — almost a full minute ahead of Kenya’s Daniel Rono and American Ryan Hall.

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