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Kenyan wins Boston Marathon
BOSTON l A I') A Kenyan
won th«< Boston Mnrathon Sur
prising!}, it was not Ibrahim
Hussion, tin1 two time defending
i hampinn and three-time win
ner
Instead, it \%.is little-known
( osmas N'deti. « /3-yoar-old
running only Ins second
marathon, He swept into the
lead about two miles from the
finish and heat Kim jae-Yong.
the first elite Korean in the rai e
in -t I years, by about 70 yards
Monday, in 2 hours, ') minutes.
3 l seconds.
N'deti, 11th at the halfway
point of the 2li mile. 3H.r> yard
r.u e made his big move over the
set ond half of the race, when
most marathoners generally
wilt, partii ularis over the drain
ing streti h of Heartbreak Hill
The < ham e of sin h a (omeimck
appeared even slimmer Monday
her.ause of the unusual heat
(it) degrees at the start. 7:t at the
finish
"In Kenya. I was training in
very high mountains..'' N'deti
said "So I vy-IS feeling line
when I was < limbing the lulls
here
N’deti is only one of |y»o
Keny ans ever to fail a drug test
After finishing sei ond at the
1'iHH World Junior Cross Coun
try Championships at Am kland.
New Zealand, he tested positive
lor a stimulant and was banned
for three months
N'deti, who made his
marathon debut in December,
finishing second al Honolulu,
also satd he was not bothered In
the heat, whii h took its toll on
mam of I tie of h«»r lop runners
While N’deti was si oring a
major upset, there was little sur
prise in the women's field, as
Olga Markova of Russia won for
the second year in n row. in
2 2r> 27, the fastest in the world
this vear
Markova, the leader almost
throughout. Ihm ante the first
women's repeat winner since
Rosa Mota of Portugal won in
1987-88.
Hus time, Markova was on a
mission After winning Boston
las! \ear in l l t.4 t, the fastest ill
the world for 1992. she was not
given a place on the Unified
Team for the Olvmpii s, because
site skipped the team s qualifier
at I .os Angeles and elei ted to
run at Boston.
"I wanted to make a point."
the smiling, satisfied Markova
said, after lieatuig ()lvmpic gold
medalist Valentina Egorova of
Russia
The 1984 Olvmpii < hampion,
loan Benoit Snmuelson. also
competed Monday, marking the
lirst lime two women’s Olvmpii
marathon gold medalists were in
the same race
Neither Egorova nor Samuet
sun. however, gave Markova her
closest competition The runner
up was Kim Jones of Spokane,
Wash
However. Jones, also the sec
ond-plat e finisher in 1991. was
more than 41 minutes hat k. in
2:30:00
It was \er\ warm out there,"
said Jones, the top-ranked
women's marathoner in the I S
in 1986. 1989 and 1991
Kgorov/i. who challenged
Markova and 1001 winner and
1001 world i hampion Wanda
I’anfil of Poland early in the
race, failed to finish among the
top 15 So did Panfil
The 35wear-old Samuelson
wound up sixth in 2:35:43,
"I went out with the lenders,
hut I said there was no way I
could hold on," Samuelson said.
"So I dropped hat k
"I had trouble with my leg
going up the hills The leg both
ered me. hut I came hat k every
time Mv time is disappointing,
hut it was important to finish ill
tins competitive field."
The men's race, meanwhile,
was competitive throughout
Because ol the weather, the men
went out i onserv atively. and for
more than hall the race, several
runners took turns in the lead
At 1H miles, the front of the
pack had dwindled down to
unheralded I,ticket/ Swurtbooi
of Namibia, running his third
marathon. ,111(1 him. winner of
the 1002 Seoul Marathon (dos
ing on them was N'deti. second
at the 1002 Tokyo Mall
Marathon and 10th at the 1002
World Cross Countrv Champi
onships.
At the 24 t-mile point. N'deti
caught the front-running Swnrt
booi. ran alongside him for 4t)
seconds, then surged into the
lead.
"I was watching him." N'deti
said "When you are running
with somebody, you can tell it
he is tired "
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