The victor is John J. McDermott of NY, and his time is 2:55:10.
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Joyce Chepkirui was third in the women’s race, the lone Kenyan to medal in a race that had been dominated by her countrymen for decades.
Through a translator, Baysa told WBZ that she is “very happy” and “very lucky”. The two-time Chicago Marathon champion won by 44 seconds in 2:29:19.
For now, Jensen isn’t sure if she’ll be competing in the Fargo Marathon.
Weather could play a factor as the 26.2-mile race unfolds.
Zachary Hine of Dallas was the top USA man, and he finished 10th.
Spence Gracey, who now lives in Superior, Colorado, placed ninth among the women for the 26.2-mile marathon.
“I never really thought about (running the Boston Marathon) until I ran in Bremerton (Washington) previous year”, Stewart said.
Haslet, a professional dancer, was badly injured. Haslet started the race at 9 a.m. and finished around 7:15 p.m., according to CBS News.
Jake Gyllenhaal, meanwhile, was at Fenway Park on Monday morning shooting scenes for “Stronger”, a film slated for release sometime in 2017 and based on bombing survivor Jeff Bauman’s memoir of the same name.
Haslet wasn’t the only survivor to get the honor at Fenway over the weekend. Among them are Haslet and Patrick Downes, a Boston College graduate who had his left leg amputated after the bombings.
She was out of the picture as the women’s leaders passed the 35-kilometer mark, but soon after they left Heartbreak Hill the TV cameras picked up a bobbing yellow figure running along the side of the road.
He is running to raise money for The Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley.
Other celebrities, including Patriots football star Tom Brady, cheered on Haslet-Davis on social media.
“There’s nothing better than being in Boston on marathon Monday”, said Karen Canata Boydston of Holyoke. “We have more cameras along the route in Boston and in addition to uniformed personnel there will be officers who are undercover working the crowd”. Stephanie’s 33 and has a laundry list of knee and foot injuries that have made running harder and harder on her in recent years, so when she qualified for Boston by running a 3:30 at the Fargo Marathon last spring, she knew there was a good chance this would be her one and only shot to realize a dream. Both were at Fenway Park for the ceremonial first pitch on Saturday.
Tatyana McFadden of the US won the women’s wheelchair race, earning her fourth consecutive victory in Boston with a time of 1:42:16. It could come down to a final sprint on the homestretch on Boylston Street.
This year, it is estimated that up to a million spectators may line the streets to watch the marathon. But she says she still holds on to the anger.
“Just the roar from the women in the crowd was awesome”, Jensen said.
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