Over 28,000 runners hit the pavement Monday in the 126th Boston Marathon. The historical race takes location as soon as once more on Patriots Day this yr after the COVID-19 pandemic pushed last yr's marathon back to October.
The wheelchair divisions kicked off shortly after 9 a.m., followed a couple of half hour later with the aid of the elite fields. Eleven former champions in all competed.
Peres Jepchirchir, 28, of Kenya, won the ladies's division in a fantastic conclude now not seen in years. She comprehensive with an unofficial time of 2:21:01, narrowly defeating Ababel Yeshaneh, 30, of Ethiopia.
Evans Chebet, 33, of Kenya, received the knowledgeable guys's division with an unofficial time of 2:06:fifty one. it be the first time he is finished the Boston Marathon and this is his first principal title.
Manuela Schar, 37, of Switzerland, who in the past received the Boston Marathon in 2017, 2019 and 2021, took the women's wheelchair division with an unofficial time of 1:forty one:08.
Twenty-three-12 months-old American Daniel Romanchuk gained the guys's wheelchair division with an unofficial time of 1:26:58. He prior to now received the Boston Marathon in 2019.
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