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Dramatic end as Salina Kosgei wins Boston race
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21 April 2009
Kosgei pipped Ethiopian Dire Tune and American Kara Goucher in a sprint finish in a time of 2hr 32min 16sec. Exhausted Tune was taken to hospital for observation after passing out. The women's pack kept a slow pace for much of the race until the final five miles when Goucher stepped it up.
"I looked around with about five miles to go and just felt there were too many runners with me," said a tearful Goucher.
"It felt like it would be too risky to have seven women sprinting home."
Kosgei said the slow pace early on had made her nervous.
"I've never run as slow a race like this," she said. "I was a little scared."
The men's race saw Ethopia's Derbia Merga win in 2:08:42, comfortably beating Kenya's Daniel Rono and Ryan Hall of the United States by nearly a minute.
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