The Kenyans once again reigned supreme in the Boston Marathon: reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir confirmed her status as queen of the discipline and Evans Chebet revealed himself by beating the last two winners of the event. Untouchable, Jepchirchir clinched her fifth victory in as many races contested since 2019. In 2 h 21 min 1 sec, she beat the tough Ethiopian Ababel Yeshanei by a handful of seconds. Chebet was less expected than his compatriots Benson Kipruto and Lawrence Cherono who were favorites in the absence of double Olympic champion and world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, also Kenyan, and Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele. But it was he who won his first victory in a major marathon alone, at the age of 33, in
2 hrs 6 mins 51 sec. Cherono finished 2nd (2 h 7 min 21 sec) and Benson Kipruto (2 h 7 min 27 sec) completed the first 100% Kenyan podium in Boston since 2012. The Boston Marathon, one of the most prestigious of the season, found for its 126th edition its traditional Easter Monday window, having been canceled in 2020 at the start of the coronavirus pandemic and moved to October in 2021, again due to Covid-19.
The Kenyans once again reigned supreme in the Boston Marathon: reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir confirmed her status as queen of the discipline and Evans Chebet revealed himself by beating the last two winners of the event. Untouchable, Jepchirchir won his fifth victory in as many races contested since 2019. In 2 h 21 min 1…