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Yuki Kawauchi (川内優輝, Kawauchi Yūki, born 5 March 1987) is a Japanese marathon runner. He came to prominence after running the 2011 Tokyo Marathon in 2:08:37, finishing as the first Japanese citizen and third overall. [1]
The men's wheelchair event featured 2021 winner Marcel Hug, as well as Daniel Romanchuk, who won the 2018 and 2019 races. Other competitors included twice former winner Ernst van Dyk, Aaron Pike, who came second at the 2022 Boston Marathon, Johnboy Smith, who came second at the 2017 New York City Marathon and American Hermin Garic. [17]
The World Marathon Majors (WMM) (known for sponsorship reasons as the Abbott World Marathon Majors) is a championship-style competition for marathon runners that started in 2006. A points-based competition founded on six major marathon races recognised as the most high-profile on the calendar, the series comprises annual races for the cities of ...
BOSTON, MA — Defending champion Evans Chebet of Kenya is the winner of the men's race in the 127th Boston Marathon Boston, and Hellen Obiri of Kenya nabbed the top women's spot.
The 2021 Boston Marathon was the 125th official running [1] [a] of the annual marathon race held in Boston, Massachusetts, and 123rd time it was run on course (excluding the virtual event of 2020, and the ekiden of 1918). [2] It took place on October 11, 2021. [3] The elite men's marathon was won by Benson Kipruto in 2:09:51.
On 6 May, Kipchoge, along with Zersenay Tadese (then world record holder in the half marathon) and Lelisa Desisa (2-time Boston Marathon winner), attempted the first sub-two-hour assisted marathon in the Nike Breaking2 project on the Monza Formula 1 racetrack near Milan, Italy. All three runners ran a test 2 months before the attempt.
Boston Marathon women's division winner Peres Jepchirchir (left) of Kenya and men's winner Evans Chebet of Kenya pose at the finish line. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) The elite women break from the ...
The women's wheelchair race included 2020 winner Nikita den Boer, Merle Menje, who finished second in the 2021 event at the age of 17, four-time London Marathon winner Tatyana McFadden, and Susannah Scaroni, the record holder in the 5,000 metres event. [4] Catherine Debrunner, who won the 2022 Berlin Marathon on her marathon debut also competed.