Kenya's Caroline Kilel Wins Boston Marathon Women's Race
BOSTON (AP) -- Kenya's Caroline Kilel has won the women's race in the Boston Marathon, outsprinting American Desiree Davila to win in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 22 minutes, 36 seconds.
Kilel Wins Women's Race
Davila led as late as the final stretch on Boylston Street before Kilel pulled away. No American woman has won Boston since Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach in 1985, though Kara Goucher was third by just nine seconds in 2009.
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Sharon Cherop was third, falling back in the final mile.
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Masazumi Soejima and Wakako Tsuchida gave Japan a sweep of the men's and women's wheelchair divisions. It was the fifth straight win for Tsuchida and the second overall for Soejima.
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