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Three Britons. It took 1 hr. 20 min. to clear the debris of 16 cars, eleven of them out for good. No sooner was the race restarted than Johnny Boyd, accelerating out of a turn, skidded and clipped the wall...
...next comfort station. Such stoicism is plainly un-American-which explains why a foreigner has won every Patriot's Day marathon in almost a decade. Last week was no exception: the winner was Japan's Kenji Kimihara, 25, who pit-patted across the line in 2 hr. 17 min. 11 sec.-just 38 sec. off the record. As it turned out, though, the day's most eyecatching performance was turned in by a 112-lb. American who did not dare take the physical exam-because she was a woman...
...there was an understatement. Roberta crossed the finish line in 3 hr. 21 min. 2 sec.-good enough to place 124th out of an otherwise all-male field of 416. Will Cloney, director of the marathon, refused even to admit that she had competed at all: "I know of no girl who ran in the Boston Marathon," he insisted. "She couldn't enter. I do know of a girl who is supposed to have run the same roads as the marathon route today. But that's not the same." No? Roberta is planning to run again next year...
...HR: St. Louis, Brock, Johnson...
...HR: Cincinnati, Cardents