Boston Marathon races come down to the wire

Chicago Sun-Times | April 21, 1998 | Copyright

BOSTON With four miles left, Moses Tanui was so far behind the leaders he couldn't even see them.

With a relentless drive, Tanui kept surging, cutting into a quarter-mile deficit and finally catching the front-runners. Then, with a stunning kick over the final 200 meters, he gave Kenya an eighth straight Boston Marathon victory.

Regaining the title he won in Boston's centennial race in 1996, the 32-year-old Tanui rallied from as much as 48 seconds back with a powerful run, outkicking countryman Joseph Chebet. "I was confident I could catch the leaders because they were running too fast," ...

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