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 | | In the race two years ago, Takahashi set a blazing pace, only to hit the wall in the final stages, where she was overhauled by Ethiopian Elfenesh Alemu who went on to win in 2:24:47, nearly three minutes ahead of Takahashi. |
 | | After Takahashi, Russian Svetlana Zakharova is the fastest in the field, with a 2:21.31 to her credit from the Lasalle Bank Chicago Marathon in 2002. |
 | | Among the most competitive marathoners in the world in the first part of the decade — the winner at Boston and Chicago in 2003, a two-time runner-up in London — the 35-year-old was a distant fourth in Boston this year (2:31:31), but insists she has plenty of good races left. |
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