“But the most important thing is my mind, and that also feels fresh and young. “My legs and my body still feel young,” the 37-year-old Kipchoge said. The Kenyan star clocked 2 hours, 1 minute, 9 seconds to shave 30 seconds off his previous best mark of 2:01:39 set on the same course in 2018. ET (1302 GMT) on Monday, April 17.Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge bettered his own world record in the Berlin Marathon on Sunday.

The 127th running of the Boston Marathon begins with the men's wheelchair division at 9:02 a.m.

Kenyan Edna Kiplagat will vie for her third Boston title with her fellow former champions American Des Linden and Ethiopian Atsede Baysa also expected to run. He will face a tough challenge in his Boston debut from his fellow Kenyans, defending champion Evans Chebet and 2021 winner Benson Kipruto, as well as Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa, the 2019 world champion who won Boston in 20.Įthiopian Amane Beriso, who produced the all-time third-fastest marathon in Valencia late last year, headlines a speedy women's field with twice major winner Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya and Ethiopia's world champion Gotytom Gebreslase. Twice Olympic champion Kipchoge, a man who needs no introduction after he unofficially became the first to run a marathon in under two hours in 2019, is aiming to add a Boston title to his 10 World Marathon Major victories. 'As we mark ten years since the 2013 Marathon, we run to keep our departed loved ones in our minds and hearts.' SPEEDY FIELDS 'This year, I am thinking about the importance of continuing on in the face of pain and setbacks,' Boston's Coordinated Response Team Director Tania Del Rio said in a statement. soil that claimed three lives and saw scores more injured.Ī shattered community came together in the wake of the attack, adopting the slogan 'Boston Strong' in a show of unity and resilience. Survivors, first responders and other members of the public gathered on Saturday in Boston in honor of the victims of the marathon bombing, one of the most high-profile attacks on U.S. April 15 (Reuters) - World record-holder Eliud Kipchoge headlines a star-studded Boston Marathon field on Monday as the world's oldest 26.2-mile race takes on a somber tone 10 years after a bombing attack near the finish line.

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