The 128th running of the Boston Marathon kicked off Monday morning with participants making the long journey from Hopkinton, Massachusetts to the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston.
In the elite men’s group, Ethiopian Sisay Lemma denied Evans Chebet, 35, of his third straight victory. The Kenyan would have been only the fifth man in the race’s more than 125-year history to win in three straight years. Lemma won in 2:06:17.
Kenyan Hellen Obiri, who trains in Boulder, Colorado, defended her title from an elite women’s field that race organizers described as “historically fast.” She won in 2:22:37.
CJ Albertson and Emma Bates, who trains in Boulder, Colorado, wound up as the top American finishers for the men’s and women’s divisions, respectively, at the 2024 Boston Marathon.
Albertson finished with an unofficial time of 2:09.53, ahead of fellow American men Elkhanah Kibet and Ryan Eiler. Bates, who led the women’s field for awhile, finished in 2:27:14.