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2007 Boston Marathon results finalized, adjusted

Posted July 17th, 2007 at 7:25 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Marathons

The Boston Athletic Association has finalized their results for the 2007 Boston Marathon. The 111th edition of the race had total of 23,869 entrants (14,344 male and 9,525 female), 20,646 starters (12,570 male and 8,076 female) and 20,338 finishers (12,364 male and 7,974). Given the rainy and windy weather, the 98.5% finisher rate is noteworthy.

Also, in the elite women’s race, the woman who crossed the finish line in seventh place, Lyubov Denisova of Russia, has been disqualfied for failing an out-of-competition doping test in March. Therefore, all athletes in the women’s results are elevated by one place. The restated results for open and USA Championship athletes are as follows:

1. Lidiya Grigoryeva (RUS) 2:29:18 $100,000
2. Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:29:58 40,000
3. Madai Perez (MEX) 2:30:16 22,500
4. Rita Jeptoo (KEN) 2:33:08 18,000
5. Deena Kastor (USA) 2:35:09 14,000 + $25,000*
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Xavier Carter DQ’ed for stepping out of lane; stripped of 400m victory

Posted February 18th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

After winning the 400m yesterday at the Norwich Indoor Union Grand Prix, his only planned indoor race of the season, Xavier “X-Man” Carter was disqualified and stripped of the victory.

Race officials reported that Carter stepped out of lane before taking the lead from Britain’s Robert Tobin. Carter was said that he was “shocked” by the DQ and that he never stepped over the line.

Carter will have his eyes on Michael Johnson’s 200m (19.32 sec) and 400m (43.18 sec) records this season and aims to break the 200m mark at the World Championships in Osaka, Japan.
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2006 Grandma’s Marathon champion disqualified and banned for doping

Posted December 17th, 2006 at 4:06 PM by Jenna Sumara

Section: News & Results, Announcements, Marathons, Drugs In Sports

Six months after the completetion of the Grandma’s Marathon, women’s champion, Halina Karnatsevich, has been disqualified for failing her post-race drug test.

The race was originally held on July 17th in Duluth, Minnesota.

Officials have now declared Ukrainian Svetlana Nekhorosh the winner. Nekhorosh will now also receive the $8,000 prize purse.
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