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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Marcel Hug and Susannah Scaroni, the men’s and women’s wheelchair champions.
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Susannah Scaroni’s time clocks in at 1 hour 41 minutes and 45 seconds, a full five minutes ahead of the rest of the field.
Very impressive.
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Susannah Scaroni wins the Women’s Wheelchair race!
Another fairly dominant performance. Scaroni took the early lead and managed to, not only hold on, but extend her lead all the way through the race until the finish line.
Scaroni has previously won the New York and Chicago marathon’s and now adds Boston to her collection.
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The women’s elite race has seen the leading pack cut down to eight runners. Hellen Obiri of Kenya is in the mix but Amane Beriso still leads the way.
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The men’s elite runners went through 20km in 59:01 and are close to the halfway mark now. The front half of the Boston Marathon is the easier one to run so expect the final finishing time to be slightly over two hours.
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In the women’s elite race Emma Bates has started to fall off the pace that Amane Beriso, who owns the third-fastest marathon time ever, is setting.
It’s been effective push from the Ethiopian as they approach mile nine.
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After a conservative opening 10km - ran over 34:48 minutes with 21 women in lead pack - Ethiopia’s Amane Beriso has made a move and totally strung out the pack in the women’s race.
They’re racing single-file now with Beriso at the front.
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Eliud Kipchoge is totally setting the pace for the men’s elite field after 49 minutes of racing. The leading group is 11-men strong by Kipchoge is out are the front.
He came into the marathon with hopes and determination to win and so far he looks up to the task.
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Susannah Scaroni is also on course to wrap up the women’s wheelchair race as well. Her lead to three minutes after 20 miles.
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Marcel Hug wins the Men’s Wheelchair race!
It’s an astounishingly dominant performance from the Swiss who breaks his own Boston Marathon record. It’s his sixth victory here and smashes his previous record with a time of 1:17:06 almost a whole minute faster than his record from 2016.
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