Tens of thousands of spectators cheer marathoners along the streets of this northeastern Massachusetts city, home to the world’s oldest annual marathon.
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![Runners cross the start line in the women's division of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, April 20, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e21e2fe1-2ad0-4ef2-be36-a257600caa11_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Runners cross the start line in the women's division of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, April 20, 2015.
![Marathon participant Christopher Snedecor of Somerville, MA goes through security as he arrives at the Boston Commons to board a bus that will bring him to the marathon starting line in Hopkinton, April 20, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1938c0bb-d444-46d0-967d-08a52770ed98_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Marathon participant Christopher Snedecor of Somerville, MA goes through security as he arrives at the Boston Commons to board a bus that will bring him to the marathon starting line in Hopkinton, April 20, 2015.
![Ejegayehu Dibaba leads the pack at the start of the 2015 Boston Marathon, Boston, MA, April 20, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4dd75253-1654-419b-a68c-3f92042de8d9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ejegayehu Dibaba leads the pack at the start of the 2015 Boston Marathon, Boston, MA, April 20, 2015.
![Boston Marathon runner Tenee Ramsdell (left) gets a hug from Evangline Gersish, both from San Diego, before boarding a shuttle bus to the starting line in Hopkinton, MA, April 20, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6d0bfa76-0afd-47d4-806c-91fcf73d1f8f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Boston Marathon runner Tenee Ramsdell (left) gets a hug from Evangline Gersish, both from San Diego, before boarding a shuttle bus to the starting line in Hopkinton, MA, April 20, 2015.