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Tsuchida takes 4th straight women’s wheelchair

The Columbian
Published: April 19, 2010, 12:00am

BOSTON (AP) — Wakako Tsuchida (Wah-KAH-koh Tu-SHEE-dah) of Japan has won her fourth consecutive Boston Marathon women’s wheelchair title.

Tsuchida finished in 1 hour, 43 minutes, 32 seconds, comfortably ahead of Diane Roy of Canada. Tsuchida was more than nine minutes off the world record, set in Boston.

Roy has been the Boston Marathon runner-up five times. She finished three minutes and 36 seconds behind Tsuchida.

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