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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...
...Mekonnen broke away from Juma Ikangaa with less than a mile left in the 26-mile, 385-yard test from the town green in Hopkinton to the Back Bay, crossing the finish line...
...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...
...Mekonnen made up for those failures...