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athletes from 6 countries: Australia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Moldova, Russia, United States18
men and 12 women4
past champions: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (2003, 2006-08), Dire Tune (2008), Lidiya Grigoryeva (2007), and Timothy Cherigat (2004)- Boston Marathon course-record holder: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, 2:07:14 in 2006
- World Marathon Majors Series 2006-2007 Mens Champion: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot
- Winners of World Marathon Majors in the field: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Boston (2003, 2006-08) and Chicago (2006) Lidiya Grigoryeva, Boston (2007) and Chicago (2008) Evans Cheruiyot, Chicago (2008)Timothy Cherigat, Boston (2004)
- World Championship medal winners: Kara Goucher (bronze, 10,000m), Evans Cheruiyot (bronze, half marathon), Alice Timbilili (silver, cross country)
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course record holders in the field: Boston, Frankfurt, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Rome, San Sebastian, Tempe, U.S. Olympic Trials- Olympic Marathoners in the field: 2008 Beijing Olympic Marathon: Men: Deriba Merga, Gashaw Asfaw, Ryan Hall, Grigoriy Andreev, Brian Sell, Iaroslav Musinschi, Lee Troop, and Women: Salina Kosgei, Dire Tune 2004 Athens Olympic Marathon: Grigoriy Andreev
- Russian womens national record holder: Galina Bogolomova, 2:20:47
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men and 8 women ran their personal best marathon times in the past 2 years 43
champions of marathons in the following cities: Boston (7), Addis Ababa (2), Casablanca, Chicago (3), Dubai (2), Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston (3), Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Madrid, Milan (2), Mumbai, Novi Sad, Paris (3), Prague, Queensland, Reims, Rome, San Sebastian, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tempe (2), Toronto, U.S. Olympic Trials-New York City, WurzburgRelated Resources
