Kenyans win Boston Marathon: See scenes from the race
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Boston Marathon women's division winner Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya, left, and men's winner Evans Chebet, of Kenya, pose at the finish line Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston.
BOSTON (AP) — Peres Jepchirchir celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Boston Marathon women’s division by winning a see-saw sprint down Boylston Street on Monday as the race returned to its traditional Patriots’ Day spot in the schedule for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Running shoulder to shoulder for most of the course, the reigning Olympic champion and Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh traded places eight times in the final mile, with Jepchirchir pulling ahead for good in the final 385 yards. The Kenyan finished in 2 hours, 21 minutes, 1 seconds, four seconds ahead.
Kenya’s Evans Chebet pulled away with about four miles to go to win the men’s race in 2:06:51, 30 seconds ahead of Gabriel Geay of Tanzania. Defending champion Benson Kipruto was third.
American Daniel Romanchuk won his second career men’s wheelchair title in 1:26:58. Switzerland’s Manuela Schar won her second straight Boston crown and fourth overall, finishing in 1:41:08.
Sharing a weekend with the Red Sox home opener — the city’s other sporting rite of spring — more than 28,000 runners returned to the streets from Hopkinton to Copley Square six months after a smaller and socially distanced event that was the only fall race in its 126-year history.
Fans waved Ukrainian flags in support of the few dozen runners whose 26.2-mile run from Hopkinton to Copley Square was the easiest part of their journey. Athletes from Russia and Belarus were disinvited in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
Check out scenes from the race in this photo gallery:
Charles Krupa
Boston Marathon women's division winner Peres Jepchirchir, of Kenya, left, and men's winner Evans Chebet, of Kenya, pose at the finish line Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Winslow Townson
Evans Chebet, of Kenya, hits the tape to win the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Charles Krupa
Evans Chebet, of Kenya, breaks the tape to win the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Charles Krupa
Daniel Romanchuk, of the United States, breaks the tape to win the men's wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Winslow Townson
Manuela Schar, of Switzerland, hits the tape to win the women's wheelchair division of the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Winslow Townson
Manuela Schar, of Switzerland, left, and Daniel Romanchuck, of the United States, hold the trophy after winning the men's and women's wheelchair divisions of the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Mary Schwalm
Peres Jepchirchir, of Kenya, center, heads out in the middle of the elite women's pack at the start of the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Charles Krupa
Peres Jepchirchir, of Kenya, reacts after winning the women's division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Charles Krupa
Peres Jepchirchir, of Kenya, breaks the tape to win the women's division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Mary Schwalm
The elite women break from the starting line of the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Mary Schwalm
Margaux, a State Police K-9, watches as runners pass during the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Charles Krupa
Scott Fauble, of the United States, crosses the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. Fauble, the top American runner, finished seventh. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Mary Schwalm
Val Rogosheske, who raced in the inaugural women's division in 1972, stands at the starting line of the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Hopkinton, Mass. Rogosheske will run the race with her two daughters 50 years after running her first Boston marathon. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Mary Schwalm
Boston Marathon bombing survivor Adrianne Haslet, right, reacts as she is introduced in the para division with Shalane Flanagan, left, as her support runner at the starting line of the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Mary Schwalm
The elite men break from the starting line of the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Mary Schwalm
Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray prepares to fire the gun for the hand cycle and duo participants at the starting line of the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Charles Krupa
Evans Chebet, of Kenya, is guided towards the finish line to win the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Charles Krupa
Evans Chebet, of Kenya, poses with the trophy after winning the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Charles Krupa
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, right, puts a wreath on the head of women's division winner Peres Jepchirchir, of Kenya, at the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Winslow Townson
Nell Rojas of Boulder, Colorado celebrates after being the first American women to cross the finish line in the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Steven Senne
Evans Chebet, of Kenya, runs in the final mile on his way to winning the men's division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Winslow Townson
Peres Jepchirchir, of Kenya, covers her face after winning the women's division of win the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Steven Senne
Runners in the men's division, front row from the left, Albert Korir, of Kenya, Elkanah Kibet, of Colorado Springs, Colo., Bethwell Yegon, of Kenya, and Geoffrey Kamworor, of Kenya, lead a group up Heartbreak Hill in the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Newton, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Winslow Townson
Evans Chebet, of Kenya, holds the trophy after winning the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Charles Krupa
While dressed in a Ukraine shirt, a runner holds a Ukraine and American flag while approaching the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Charles Krupa
Runners approach the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Steven Senne
Evans Chebet, of Kenya, takes a drink while leading the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. Chebet went on to win the men's division of the race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Jennifer McDermott
Peres Jepchirchir, of Kenya, left, and Ababel Yeshaneh, of Ethiopia, clasp each others arms during the 126th Boston Marathon in Newton, Mass., Monday, April 18, 2022. Jepchirchir won the women's division and Yeshaneh finished second. At right is Joyciline Jeopkosgei, of Kenya. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott)
Steven Senne
People display signs and cheer in front of Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Mass., as a runner passes during the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Steven Senne
People cheer in front of Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Mass., as a runner passes during the 126th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
