For the primary time in eight years, the winner of the Boston Marathon donned an Ethiopian flag. Sisay Lemma received the 128th Boston Marathon, clocking the Tenth-fastest time in race historical past, crossing the road in 2:06:17. That is Lemma’s second profession main win.
From the gun in Hopkinton, Lemma set a commanding tempo, averaging two minutes and 53 seconds per kilometre by way of the primary half. He pulled away from defending champion Evans Chebet across the seven-kilometre mark, and had constructed up a lead of round three and 30 seconds by the 30-km mark.
.@SisayLemma breaks the tape in an unofficial 2:06:18 for his first Boston Marathon win.
— Boston Marathon Professional (@Boston26_2_Pro) April 15, 2024
Lemma started to really feel his scorching early tempo round 30K as temperatures in Boston hit 20 C at 11:30 a.m., and his tempo slowed to three:20/km by way of the Newton Hills. Regardless of slowing down, Lemma didn’t give a lot time to the chase group, holding on to win the boys’s race and change into the primary Ethiopian champion since 2016.Â
Lemma was one of many East African favourites heading into the race, however he by no means had an excessive amount of success in his earlier Boston appearances: a DNF in 2022, and a Thirtieth-place end in 2019. He made a press release final December in Valencia, the place he clocked the fourth-fastest time in marathon historical past (2:01:48).
Ethiopia went one-two within the males’s race, as 23-year-old Mohamed Esa had the quickest second half within the discipline to cross the road in second. Defending champion Chebet was third in 2:07:22, reaching his third podium in Boston in three years.
Canadian outcomes
Though the chances on Tristan Woodfine’s Olympic qualification had been slim, the 30-year-old marathoner gave himself a shot within the first 10K of the race. Woodfine got here by way of midway in 66:01 in round twenty first place, however his tempo fell off between 25 and 30km, and he ended up stepping off the course at 30K.Â
Thomas Toth was the highest Canadian males’s finisher on Monday, ending thirty eighth general. Toth grew up in Ontario’s Kawartha Lakes space however has lived in New England for the previous few years.
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