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Boston Marathon: John Korir, Sharon Lokedi Successfully Defend Titles
Defending champions Sharon Lokedi and John Korir lead fields of about 30,000 runners as the race again tests its historic 26.2-mile course.
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The Kenyan John Korir rewrote the history of the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 20th as he crossed the goal at 2:01:52, breaking the record of the course that Geoffrey Mutai had set in 2011 at 2:03:02. Korir's time was the fastest in the 130-year history of the race, achieved in addition to one of the strongest fields in history.In the female category, Kenyan Sharon Lokedi repeated the title with a time of 2:18:51, becoming the second consecut…
Kenyan duo John Korir and Sharon Lokedi successfully defend Boston Marathon titles
Kenya’s John Korir and Sharon Lokedi successfully defended their Boston Marathon titles. Korir won the men’s race in a new course record of 2:01:52, while Lokedi claimed the women’s race in 2:18:51, with Kenya sweeping the women's podium.
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