Chebet retains Boston Marathon title, Kipchoge comes up short FMTNews FMTSports
BOSTON: Kenyan Evans Chebet retained his Boston Marathon title today, overcoming a talented men’s field in 2:05.54s, as two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge failed to reach the podium.
Tanzanian Gabriel Geay finished 10 seconds behind Chebet while Kenya’s Benson Kipruto, the champion in 2021, took third in 2:06:06s. Chebet, who also won in New York last year, made his break after the 35km mark but Geay refused to go down without a fight, and Kipruto caught up by the 40km mark to make it a three-man race.
But with a mile to go, Chebet had established an unassailable lead and was all on his own as he crossed the finish to roars from the crowd, becoming the first man since 2008 to retain his Boston crown. World record-holder Kipchoge was among the biggest attractions at the World Marathon Major but lost his momentum around the halfway mark and finished sixth.
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