Kirui wins men’s Boston Marathon

Geoffrey Kirui

BOSTON, USA, Apr 17 – Geoffrey Kirui of Kenya won the 2017 Boston Marathon, charging past American Galen Rupp around the Mile 22 mark, finishing in dominant fashion. His final time was an unofficial 2:09:37.

Rupp came in second at 2:09:58.

The men’s pack shuffled big time in the second half of their race. Around Mile 14, Geoffrey Mutai was in the lead, and then he gave way to Abdi Abdirahman. Rupp, a United States Olympian, took the lead an hour and 27 minutes into the race. Defending champion Lemi Berhanu Hayle was also up with the top pack for most of the race.

The pack eventually ended up separated with Rupp and Kirui getting ahead of the rest. Kirui took a dominant lead going into Mile 24, though, posting the fastest split of the day at 4:27.

At 40k, Kirui’s time was 2:02:53, Rupp was 2:03:14, and Suguru Osako was 2:03:38. Kirui had a 16-second lead on Rupp at that point.

On the women’s side, Edna Kiplagat made her debut and did so in dominant fashion, finishing in 2:21:52 unofficially. The Boston Marathon is added to a list of title.

 

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