Lawrence Cherono and Lelisa Desisa were in a full sprint over the final quarter-mile.
The start of the 123rd Boston Marathon was delayed due to early-morning thunderstorms, but once athletes were given the green light, there were some surprising winners.
At one point it looked like Desisa put an arm out to try to stop Cherono, but Cherono would not be denied, winning in his Boston debut and posting his best-ever marathon time by nearly 10 minutes.Worknesh Degefa cruises to win in women’s raceEthiopian Worknesh Degefa cruised to the win in the women’s race, taking the lead just four miles in and working up a massive lead. Her time was 2:23:31.
Defending champion Des Linden, the first American woman since 1985 to claim Boston, finished fifth in 2:27:00.
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