2006 Chicago Marathon - How NOT to end a race!

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Robert Cheruiyot wins Chicago Marathon 10/22/06 with a time of 2:07:35 but slips at finish line - OUCH!

10/24/06 Update:
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Marathon winner Robert Cheruiyot left the hospital on Tuesday after spending two nights there with a mild concussion he sustained when he slipped at the finish line.

The 28-year-old had sprinted away from fellow Kenyan Daniel Njenga during the final stretch of Sunday's race when he slipped backward and banged his head, causing internal and external bleeding. His momentum carried him across the line, making him the winner in two hours seven minutes 35 seconds.

Cheruiyot, this year's Boston Marathon champion, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

He had no recollection of what had happened immediately afterward and asked his coach if he had won. But his agent, Federico Rosa, said his client's memory is intact. There were decals with the marathon's logo at the finish line, but Rosa did not blame them for the fall. He suggested after the race and during a news conference on Monday that wet conditions, shoes and even just a lack of balance caused Cheruiyot to slip.

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Uploaded: October 22, 2006 at 3:56 pm
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Video Comments:
JPain15k (January 7, 2009 at 4:07 pm)
My questions is how the fuck do you slip with running shoes on!? lol
dirkdigler21 (January 2, 2009 at 3:36 pm)
Did did he cross the line. that reporter was an ass. what do you think the carpet signified. idiot trying to make a story.
fatmango4444 (January 5, 2009 at 11:57 pm)
he is a commentator. the only story is the marathon.
HottRunner (January 6, 2009 at 12:38 am)
the carpet is atleast three feet wide. the reporter probably wasnt sure what side of the carpet was the line.
your the ass
dirkdigler21 (January 2, 2009 at 3:30 pm)
He saw that lawsuit a mile away, literally. hahahha
bethmatt0421 (January 2, 2009 at 10:04 am)
WHHAAT! LMFAO..not cool i know, but still pretty funny. haha
kardinalds (January 1, 2009 at 3:49 am)
guess he didn't see that one coming ha ha
Kidz24 (January 1, 2009 at 2:25 am)
ahahahaha xD
destined2sleep (December 30, 2008 at 7:08 pm)
LMAOOOOOO
crapwrap74 (December 27, 2008 at 6:04 pm)
LIMBO!!!!