BRIEFLY : PIPPIG WINS IN BOSTON KENYAN UPSETS CHAMP IN MEN'S DIVISION.Weakened by an upset stomach and cramps, two-time defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Uta Pippig Uta Pippig (born September 7, 1965 in Leipzig) is a female long-distance runner, and the first woman to win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times (1994-1996). She also won the Berlin Marathon three times (1990, 1992 and 1995), the New York City Marathon once (1993), and she kept falling farther and farther behind in the 100th Boston Marathon Boston marathon famous 26-mile race held annually for long-distance runners. [Am. Pop. Culture: Misc.] See : Endurance . She almost dropped out after four miles and even after 24 it seemed as if maybe she should have. But Pippig, a heavy favorite to capture a third straight title, overcame a 30-second deficit with 2.2 miles to go and won by 1 minute, 25 seconds. ``I felt not nice,'' the 30-year-old German said. ``I was thinking several times to drop out because it hurt so much. But in the end, I'm OK because I won.'' Moses Tanui Moses Tanui (born 20 August 1965 in Nandi District, Kenya) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who won the gold medal over 10000 m at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo. pulled away from three-time defending champion Cosmas Ndeti at the end of Heartbreak Hill and led a Kenyan sweep of the men's race. He finished in 2:09:16, 10 seconds ahead of Ezekiel Bitok. Ndeti was third in 2:09:51. AUTO RACING Roberto Guerrero, who holds the track records for qualifying, and former winner Arie Luyendyk were among 35 drivers named on 77 entries announced for the Indianapolis 500. The deadline for entering cars for the 80th Indy 500, to be run May 26, was April 5. The race is being held as an event of the fledgling Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series , founded by speedway president Tony George. There is no deadline to select a driver for an entered car. BASEBALL Baseball attendance increased during the second week of the season and is 6.9 percent above last season's average. Attendance averaged 27,281 for the first 159 dates, up from 25,532 for the similar period at the start of last season. The average had been up 4.5 percent in this season's first week. HOCKEY The first World Cup of Hockey will showcase the world's greatest players on their national teams - including Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux for Canada, Brett Hull for the United States, Sergei Federov for Russia and Jaromir Jagr for the Czech Republic. The World Cup, which replaces the Canada Cup, will be played Aug. 26 to Sept. 14, with a best-of-3 championship round to be held in Philadelphia and Montreal. BOXING Jorge Julio of Colombia defeated Sergio Millan by a split decision to win Millan's NABO NABO North American Boxing Organization NABO National Association of Boat Owners NABO North Atlantic Biocultural Organization NABO North American Basque Organizations, Inc bantamweight ban·tam·weight n. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 118 pounds (53.1 kilograms), between junior bantamweight and junior flyweight. 2. A boxer competing in this weight division. 3. title at the Forum. Julio is 31-1 with 24 knockouts, while Millan dropped to 21-10-1 with 18 KOs. In a scheduled 10-round super featherweight bout, Chico Castillo (21-0, 13 KOs) stopped Jose Manjarrez (12-13-3, 3 KOs) at 2 minutes of the seventh round. SOURCE: - Daily News Wire Services |
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