By BERNARD ROTICHMore by this AuthorKenya lost the men and women's titles at the 2018 Boston Marathon on Monday. No US woman had won the Boston crown since Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 1985. Linden, 34, won after finishing as the 2011 runner-up, losing by two seconds, and placing fourth in 2015 and 2017. Kawauchi claimed his first Boston Marathon men's title, capturing his fourth title of the year and fifth in a row at the distance. The Japanese won a New Year's Day marathon at Marshfield, Massachusetts and followed with triumphs in the Kitakyushu Marathon in Japan and Wanjinshi Marathon in Taiwan before his breakthrough Boston victory.

Source: Daily Nation April 16, 2018 16:19 UTC