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Ryan Hall (born October 14, 1982, in Kirkland, Washington) [ 2] is a retired American long-distance runner who holds the U.S. record in the half marathon. With his half marathon record time (59:43), he became the first U.S. runner to break the one-hour barrier in the event. [ 3] He is also the only American to run a sub-2:05 marathon (2:04:58 ...
Boston Marathon 2023. 17:10, Mike Jones. Hellen Obiri gets a big hug from Dathan Ritzenhein, her coach, at the finish line. The leading American runner, Emma Bates, finishes fifth.
Aurèle Vandendriessche won back-to-back marathons in 1963 and 1964. Ron Hill set a course record at the 1970 Boston Marathon. Bill Rodgers won the race four times between 1975 and 1980. Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot won the race four times, and set two course records. Geoffrey Mutai holds the current course record, 2:03:02, set in 2011.
1980 Boston Marathon. Rosie M. Vivas[ 1] ( née Ruiz; June 21, 1953 – July 8, 2019) [ 2] was a Cuban fraudster who, among other schemes, was declared the winner in the female category for the 84th Boston Marathon in 1980, only to have her title stripped eight days after the race when it was discovered that she had not run the entire course.
The elite marathon winners are Helen Obiri of Kenya, Sisay Lema of Ethiopia, Eden Rainbow-Cooper of England, Marcel Hug of Switzerland. Live from Boston Marathon 2024: Elite winners plus other ...
An iconic statue in Newton, this statue, which depicts Boston Marathon legend Johnny Kelley at age 27 and 84, signifies the history of Kelley, who ran Boston a record 61 times (and won it twice ...
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. [ 1 ] Begun in 1897, the event was inspired by the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics. [ 2 ]
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