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2010 Boston champion withdraws

Print | Comments () Posted by Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff April 12, 2012 09:10 AM

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By John Powers, Globe Staff

Kenya’s Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot, who set a course record with his victory in Boston two years ago, has withdrawn from Monday’s 116th Boston Marathon with an unspecified injury.

Cheruiyot, who was the first runner to break 2 hours and 6 minutes in Boston, chopped 82 seconds off Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot’s mark with his 2:05:52 clocking in 2010. He placed sixth in last year’s race.

Scratched from the women’s event are Russia’s Galina Bogomolova and Ethiopia’s Mamitu Daska.

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