John Korir of Kenya ran the 130th Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 1 minute, 52 seconds Monday, seventy seconds under Geoffrey Mutai's 2011 course record and the fifth-fastest marathon ever contested. [1] It was the fastest finish in the race's 130-year history and came on a day the paper's Monday heightened-threat sports feature and coldest-start weather brief opened at 30 degrees Fahrenheit and finished in a 45-degree race.

Korir broke away on Heartbreak Hill, opened a 40-second lead by Kenmore Square, and spread his arms down Boylston Street in the last mile. [1] Alphonce Felix Simbu of Tanzania took second in 2:02:47, and 2021 champion Benson Kipruto third in 2:02:50 — three men under Mutai's previous record in a single race. [2] Zouhair Talbi of the United States finished fifth in 2:03:45, the fastest time by an American on the Boston course. [2]

Sharon Lokedi, also of Kenya, won the women's race in 2:18:51, becoming a back-to-back champion a year after she broke the course record by more than two and a half minutes. [3] Loice Chemnung took second in 2:19:35, Mary Ngugi-Cooper third, and Jess McClain fifth in 2:20:49 — the fastest by an American on the course. [2] Marcel Hug of Switzerland won his ninth men's wheelchair title in 1:16:06, thirty-three seconds off his own course record and one title shy of Ernst van Dyk's all-time mark of ten. [4] Total BAA purse: $1,284,500; Korir took $150,000 for the win and another $50,000 for the course record. [2]

Suni Williams, the 60-year-old NASA astronaut and 2026 Patriots' Award honoree, finished the rolling field as a non-elite entrant. [5]

-- AMARA OKONKWO, Lagos