Word: ndeti
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This situation is analogous to Cosmos Ndeti's or Uta Pippig's reaching the finish line of the 26.2 miles Boston Marathon after months of training only to be told that the officials have changed the length of the race while they were running and now they need to run an extra mile...
BOSTON: Kenyan Moses Tanui won the 100th Boston Marathon with a time of 2:09:16. His upset of countryman and three-time defending champion Cosmas Ndeti gave Kenya its sixth consecutive victory. Germany's Uta Pippig followed 18 minutes and 12 seconds later with a time of 2:27:12 for her third consecutive win in the women's division. Behind early in the race, Pippig stormed back late in a rally that was the highlight of the race, says TIME's Sam Allis. "People had written off Pippig when she fell behind Kenya's Tegla Loroupe," says Allis...
This year's race was won for the third year in a row by Kenyan Cosmas Ndeti, who finished the race in a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes and 22 seconds. The woman's race was won by Germany's Uta Pippig who covered the course in 2 hours, 25 minutes and 11 seconds...
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