Constantina Tomescu-Dita ran away from the pack to win the women's marathon today in Beijing.
Deena Kastor, the top American runner in the field, pulled out early with a foot injury. Kastor, 35, dropped to one knee and held her right foot at about the 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) mark. She tried to walk it off but gave up.
''I felt a pop in my foot. I couldn't stand on it,'' Kastor said. ''I didn't expect to be finishing the marathon on a bus.''
American Magda Lewy also pulled out of the race with a sore knee.
''I hurt my knee a few days ago,'' she said. ''I just can't bend it, and it got worse and worse.''
Tomescu-Dita, a 38-year-old Romanian mother, …
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