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Sharon Lokedi broke the course record while John Korir recovered from a fall to triumph
Kenya’s Sharon Lokedi shattered the Boston Marathon women’s course record by over two minutes to deny compatriot Hellen Obiri a ‘three-peat’ of titles in a thrilling finish.
Lokedi took over two-and-a-half minutes off the 11-year record held by Buzunesh Deba, finishing with a time of 2:17:22. Obiri, who also ran a personal best to finish second, was bidding to become the first woman to win three Boston Marathons in a row in 26 years.
In the men’s race, Kenya’s John Korir recovered from an early fall to win, emulating his brother Wesley to triumph at the iconic major and back up his victory at the Chicago Marathon last year.
Course record holder Marcel Hug won his eighth men’s wheelchair title and third in a row in Boston, while there was an American winner in the women’s wheelchair race as Susannah Scaroni reclaimed her title.
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No race-winning move is as yet apparent in the women’s race. Four abreast at the front, Hellen Obiri still looking comfortable enough with that finishing kick perhaps to come. Nine kilometres to go.
Conner Mantz pushes on
Mantz is driving it on, looking to get away from CyBrian Kotut but not yet quite able to. How much will this hurt the American in the final couple of kilometres? John Korir is nearing the 40km mark.
John Korir holding steady
It’s looking better and better for John Korir. His rivals are out of sight and more interested in fighting amongst themselves, unable to close in on our runaway leader. Conner Mantz remains right among them, pushing for a podium finish.
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1.21.22 the time for the women through 25km - so on track for a course record, if they can hold it.
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It’s a quartet now at the front of the women’s field, Sharon Lokedi doing rather well to close a gap having appeared to have been distanced. They can’t afford to take Hellen Obiri to the line - can Amane Beriso and Yalemzerf Yehualaw dislodge the Kenyan?
Away goes Korir!
Quite something from John Korir. He’s opened up a HUGE lead on the rest of the men’s elite field. Can he hold it in the final 8km?
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Or perhaps not - sensing an opportunity with a couple of others put in trouble by Mantz’s acceleration, John Korir, shorn of his name after that fall earlier, begins to up the pace and he is moving! An unidentified flying object, perhaps...
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Now then. Conner Mantz hits the front just after the water zone - he’s under American record pace so far and looking good. He’s already taken the national record at half-marathon distance this year, and this is very promising for home hopes.
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Here, though, are the leading five - a couple of Ethiopians and a trio of Kenyans, a familiar marathon make-up:
Hellen Obiri
Amane Beriso
Yalemzerf Yehualaw
Irine Cheptai
Sharon Lokedi
Lokedi and Obiri don’t have the times of the other three, but they’ve proven they can stay the course on the hills here before. We’re into a crucial stretch through the halfway mark.
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Not with that leading five, but nonetheless worth watching today is 2018 winner Des Linden, running for the final time. 18 years after her debut in Boston, Linden has announced her retirement from racing after this race.
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