By JIMMY GOLEN (AP Sports Writer)
BOSTON (AP) — Defending champion Evans Chebet of Kenya gained the Boston Marathon once more on Monday, surging to the entrance at Heartbreak Hill to spoil the much-anticipated debut of world document holder Eliud Kipchoge and win in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 54 seconds.
Hellen Obiri, a two-time Olympic silver medalist within the 5,000 meters, gained the ladies’s race in a dash down Boylston Street to complete in an unofficial 2:21:38 and full the Kenyan sweep.
Chebet, 2021 winner Benson Kipruto of Kenya and Gabriel Geay of Tanzania dropped Kipchoge from the lead pack round Mile 20 after which ran collectively for the final three miles. Geay gained a footrace for second, 10 seconds behind the winner and a pair of seconds forward of Kipruto.
Kipchoge, a 12-time main marathon winner, was sixth. Scott Fauble was the highest American, ending seventh.
Kipchoge had been hoping so as to add a Boston Marathon victory to his unprecedented working resume. The 38-year-old has gained two Olympic gold medals and 4 of the six main marathons; Boston is the one one he has competed in and did not win. (He has by no means run New York.) He additionally broke 2 hours in an exhibition in a Vienna park.
Fighting a hint of a headwind and rain that dampened the roads, Kipchoge ran within the lead pack from the beginning in Hopkinton till the collection of climbs collectively generally known as Heartbreak Hill. But to the shock of the followers lined up alongside Boylston Street for the ultimate sprit, he wasn’t among the many three leaders.
Marcel Hug of Switzerland gained the boys’s wheelchair race in a course document time – his sixth victory right here – and American Susannah Scaroni gained her first Boston title regardless of having to cease early within the race to tighten her wheel.
For the primary time, the race additionally features a nonbinary division, with 27 athletes registered.
A dozen former champions and individuals from 120 nations and all 50 states have been within the discipline of 30,000 working 10 years after the end line bombing that killed three folks and wounded a whole lot extra. The race additionally included 264 members of the One Fund neighborhood — these injured by the assault, their family and friends and charities related to them.
The metropolis marked the anniversary in a ceremony on Saturday.
A robotic canine named Stompy belonging to the Department of Homeland Security patrolled the beginning line earlier than the race started, trailed by photographers capturing the peculiar sight. Officials mentioned there have been no recognized threats.
At 6 a.m., race director Dave McGillivray despatched out a gaggle of about 20 from the Massachusetts National Guard that hikes the course yearly. Capt. Kanwar Singh, 33, of Malden, Massachusetts, mentioned it’s a big day.
“Ten years ago, the city came to a halt. It’s an incredibly strong comeback, as a group together,” he mentioned. “I tell people, never bet against Bostonians.”
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