Boston Marathon 2023 LIVE: Updates and result as Eliud Kipchoge beaten after bombing remembered 10 years on
Evans Chebet stunned Kipchoge to win the men’s elite race on the 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing
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Your support makes all the difference.The great Eliud Kipchoge was shockingly beaten at the 127th running of the Boston Marathon as defending champion Evans Chebet brilliantly retained his men’s elite title.
The world’s oldest annual marathon event once again delivered high drama as world record holder Kipchoge was stunningly dropped around the 20-mile mark and Chebet then opened up a lead over the chasing pack on the iconic Heartbreak Hill.
The Kenyan held off the challenge of Gabriel Geay and his training partner Benson Kipruto to finish with a time of 2:05:54 and become the first man since 2008 to retain the Boston Marathon elite men’s title.
This year’s edition held special significance as it is the 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, a domestic terrorist attack in 2013 that saw three people killed and hundreds injured. For a marathon that is fittingly held on Patriots’ Day in the United States, the bombing was remembered and those killed were commemorated with a military march before the racing began.
Follow all the reaction from the event with our blog below:
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It’s now just four! Emma Bates has run out of gas to keep up with the leaders. Hellen Obiri, Lonah Salpeter, Ababel Yeshaneh and Amane Beriso look set for a sprint to the line.
This could be a blockbuster finish.
Salpeter is falling away. Beriso and Obiri are fighting for first place.
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Big recovery from Ababel Yeshaneh.
Joyciline Jepkosgei has dropped away from the leaders but Emma Bates is just about hanging in there with less than two miles to go.
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Emma Bates isn’t giving up.
There’s about 15 minutes or so of racing to go and is still sticking with the leading group. Hellen Obiri, Lonah Salpeter, Ababel Yeshaneh, Amane Beriso and Joyciline Jepkosgei up there too.
Yeshaneh falls! She gets up quickyl and rushes to catch up.
Eliud Kipchoge beaten in shock Boston Marathon result
Defending champion Evans Chebet won the men’s Boston Marathon as the great Eliud Kipchoge’s hopes of an unprecedented victory in a stacked field were dashed by unfavourable conditions.
Chebet, who becomes the first man to defend his Boston title since 2008, opened up a lead over the chasing pack at the iconic Heartbreak Hill.
The Kenyan held off the challenge of Gabriel Geay and his training partner, and former Boston Marathon champion, Benson Kipruto to finish with a time of 2:05:54.
The 38-year-old Kipchoge was hoping to win his fifth of the six major marathons and seal victory in one of the most decorated fields ever assembled but was separated from the leading pack after the 20th mile.
Eliud Kipchoge beaten in shock Boston Marathon result
Evans Chebet defended his title in a time of 2:05:54 with Gabriel Geay and Benson Kipruto completing the top three
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The elite women hit 21 miles in a group of about eight. Lonah Salpeter, Emma Bates, Hiwot Gebremaryam and Hellen Obiri are prominent.
Bates is going well but just how much has she got left in the tank?
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Gabriel Geay managed to get ahead of Benson Kipruto to take second place. Eliud Kipchoge is on the final stretch.
In this 18th marathon he’s just succumbed to his third defeat.
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Evans Chebet wins the Boston Marathon! He crosses the line in a time of 2:05:54 ahead of Gabriel Geay and Benson Kipruto.
Chebet wins the marathon for the second time in consecutive years.
What a run from the Kenyan!
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Just as Bensen Kirupto caught up with the leaders his training partner, Evans Chebet, kicks on once more.
The two Kenyans were considered the most likely to win the race besides Eliud Kipchoge, Gabriel Geay is trying to hang on in third place.
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The women’s race still waits for its critical moment as the leaders reach the 30 km mark.
The pack is still 11 with America’s Emma Bates leading the way. It’s been a fabulous run from her so far.
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