Kenyan John Korir overcame a tumble near the starting line to win the Boston Marathon on Monday, finishing in a blazingly fast two hours four minutes and 45 seconds.
The 2024 Chicago winner recovered quickly and pulled away at the 20-mile mark, building a minute cushion between himself and the rest of the field with two miles to go, before jogging through the finish.
Tanzanian Alphonce Simbu eked out a second-place finish in 2:05:04, battling Kenyan Cybrian Kotut down the final straight.
Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma won the 2024 edition of the Boston Marathon, finishing in 2 hours, 6 minutes.
With the win, Korir builds on his family’s legacy after his older brother, Wesley, won in 2012.
