Today we're bringing you breaking coverage of the Boston Marathon. For the 20th year, we are on site at the Boston Marathon - in the press room with direct access to what was happening with the race.
The Boston Marathon saw two amazing - and opposite races.
In the men's race, one of the fastest marathoners in the world ran away at world record pace from the 5th mile. We thought he would crash and burn, but he held on to win: Sisay Lemma, 2024 champion in 2:06:17. Mohamed Esa past others to finish runner-up in 2:06:58 and two-time champion, Evans Chebet, took third in 2:07:22.
In the women's race, twenty women remained together for most of the race until three Kenyans pushed the pace in the final three miles to run away. Ultimately, defending Boston and New York champion, Hellen Obiri, demonstrated that she is one of the best marathoners and best closers with her win in 2:22:37. Sharon Lokedi, the 2022 NYC Marathon champion finished second in 2:22:45. And two-time Boston champion, Edna Kiplagat, at age 44!, took the third podium spot in 2:23:21.
We're in the press room, interviewing the champions and writing up our post-race stories. Come back later in the day to read those, but in the mean time, read our real-time notes of how the race played out...
