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BOSTON--Ethiopia's Abebe Mekonnen made up for missing the Olympics, and Ingrid Kristiansen made up for missing history by defeating rival Joan Benoit Samuelson yesterday in the Boston Marathon...
...year old Ethiopian missed the 1988 Olympic marathon because his country joined North Korea's boycott of the Seoul Games. And though Mekonnen said he was happy he won yesterday, he said: "I don't consider it my Olympic race...
This was the first time since 1963 that Ethiopia had sent a delegation to the Boston Marathon. That year, 1960 Olympic gold medalist Abebe Bikila--who also won in 1964--and Mamo Wolde--who went on to win the 1968 Olympics--competed but didn't fare well...
...also completed a sweep by Ethiopian runners in the weekend's major marathon races: Belaine Densimo, the world's fastest marathoner, won the Rotterdam Marathon Sunday, and Keleke Metaferia led a 1-2 finish in the International Amateur Athletic Federation World Cup Marathon at Milan, Italy...
Samuelson, 31, the 1984 Olympic marathon champion, admitted that while she was "duly humbled out there," her racing career was not over...