• The results didn't disturb his conclusion that fourth-quartile speedsters are not the best place to put your money, although the order of finish for the race changed a bit.

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  • Planteur reprised his third place finish from last year, while the Andrew Balding-trained Side Glance ran the race of a lifetime to finish fourth.

    CNN: Animal Kingdom scoops richest prize in racing

  • The explosions went off near the finish line about 4 hours and 9 minutes into the race, within a 10-minute window of the average finish time for the marathon.

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  • The UNFPA's Mr Bernstein likens this to the first finishers of a marathon declaring the race over before the rest of the runners cross the finish line.

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  • The result was UKIP's best: almost 28% of the vote, and its fourth second-place finish in a race for a Westminster seat in two years.

    BBC: UKIP 'only Westminster alternative'

  • He placed fourth in a heartbreaking finish after leading for the last four laps of the 5, 000 meters, a race that saw Finland's Lasse Viren win gold in a late surge.

    CNN: Chasing Prefontaine: The run for a record

  • In the first Irish Superbike race of the day, Laverty was a start-to-finish winner with Neill seeing off Donald in a thrilling battle for second place, then Pearson, Brian McCormack and Alistair Seeley completing the top six.

    BBC: Michael Laverty

  • The twin blasts just before the finish line of the April 15 race killed three people and wounded more than 260 and turned a chunk of downtown Boston into a crime scene, disrupting the normal routines of countless others.

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  • Armitstead, 23, from Otley near Leeds, was beaten to the gold at the end of the 140-kilometre race by Holland's Marianne Vos in a sprint finish on The Mall.

    BBC: London 2012: Team GB wins first Olympic medals

  • Though the interior should look familiar to anyone who's ever laid eyes on a Clevo, Origin remodeled the lid, adding a matte finish option and race car-inspired molding (to evoke the idea of speed, natch).

    ENGADGET: A closer look at Origin PC's Phase Change cooling system (and its new gaming laptops too)

  • Sagal and Greer had just crossed the finish line, completing the race with a time of four hours, four minutes, when the explosions went off.

    WSJ: Runners Recount Chaotic Scene at Finish Line of Boston Marathon

  • The revelation begins when the men, watching a race, see an unfamiliar horse gallop to the finish with the strides and speed of a true champion.

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  • He and the rest of that great coxless four team led the race from the beginning, it was a tight finish, incredibly tight but very exciting and ensured the place in history was hard won.

    BBC: News Online

  • This time around, the ladies are more determined than ever to cross the finish line first, and are busy training in Lanzarote, Spain, more than a year ahead of the race in October, 2014.

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  • In a sport dominated by men, she has more than one hundred races and eight major wins to her credit, including an overall win at road racing's Miami Grand Prix in 2004 and a second-place finish in the 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race in 2007.

    CNN: Female racer's lessons from life in the fast lane

  • The US Open winner needs a top-three finish to have any chance of passing Race to Dubai leader Martin Kaymer.

    BBC: Graeme McDowell's Race to Dubai hopes fading fast

  • Patriots' Day in Boston is a brilliantly choreographed sports day the marathon sets off in the morning, followed by a Red Sox game that begins before lunch and it is possible to finish up at Fenway Park, wander over the Mass Pike and catch a bunch of the race.

    WSJ: A Joyful Day in Boston Ends in Shock

  • In the criminal complaint outlining the allegations, investigators said Tsarnaev and his brother each placed a knapsack containing a bomb in the crowd near the finish line of the 26.2-mile race.

    NPR: Boston Bomb Suspect Charged; Religious Motive Seen

  • In the Laser class, Paul Goodison was dealt two yellow flag penalties for illegal pumping of the sails and was forced to retire from his first race of the day, but he recovered with a fifth to finish the day third overall.

    BBC: SPORT | Other Sport... | Sailing | Good start for Morrison & Rhodes

  • The Red Bull driver, who goes into the race second in the championship, must finish ahead of leader Fernando Alonso to have a chance of winning the title.

    BBC: Downbeat Mark Webber promises fight to the flag

  • Arredondo, a peace activist and sometime cabbie and truck driver who was watching the race from the finish line, rushed into the mass of mangled humanity, where a dramatic Associated Press photo caught him pushing a wheelchair with a victim who lost most of his lower legs in the attack.

    NPR: Marathon Rescuer Gets Attention From Press And FBI

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