Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, the undisputed king of the event, who wanted to hang the oldest marathon on his record, only finished 6th in Massachusetts on Monday, very far behind his compatriot Evans Chebet, already winner in 2022. "The conditions were very different from last year," Chebet said at the finish, "but I felt it was still my day. And at the 20th kilometre, we said to each other with my training partner, Benson Kipruto, that it was." Beriso did not, however, resist a final acceleration from Kenyan Hellen Obiri, middle-distance specialist, world champion in the 5000m in London in 2017 and Doha in 2019, and who participated in Boston in only the second marathon of her career. Most of the commemorative events took place on Saturday, including a ceremony at the new finish line.

Source: Ethiopian News April 18, 2023 11:33 UTC