{"id":10920,"date":"2017-04-17T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/04\/17\/2-first-time-boston-marathoners-emerge-victorious\/"},"modified":"2017-04-17T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T17:31:00","slug":"2-first-time-boston-marathoners-emerge-victorious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2-first-time-boston-marathoners-emerge-victorious\/","title":{"rendered":"2 First-Time Boston Marathoners Emerge Victorious"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Edna Kiplagat (left) and Geoffrey Kirui, both of Kenya, hold a trophy together after their victories in the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Two Kenyan runners, both of them making their Boston Marathon debut, have won the prestigious race.<\/p>\n

Edna Kiplagat, a Kenyan policewoman and two-time world champion marathoner, finished first in the women’s race with a time of 2:21:52. Rose Chelimo, a Kenyan-born Bahraini runner, placed second.<\/p>\n

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Geoffrey Kirui, also of Kenya, won the mens’ race at 2:09:37 \u2014 his first-ever marathon victory. He edged out Portland runner Galen Rupp by 21 seconds.<\/p>\n

It was a big day for debut runners at Boston, according to Runner’s World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In the women’s race, 25-year-old Jordan Hasay ran her first-ever marathon<\/a> in 2:23:00 to place third. It was the fastest-ever debut by an American woman, Runner’s World<\/em> says.<\/p>\n

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And in the men’s race, 26-year-old Suguru Osako of Japan \u2014 also competing in his first marathon \u2014 placed third<\/a> with 2:10:28.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, competitors in the wheelchair race finished in world-best times, The Associated Press reports:<\/p>\n

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“Manuela Schar of Switzerland finished in 1 hour, 28 minutes, 17 seconds \u2014 shattering the world best by more than five minutes. Fellow Swiss Marcel Hug took the men’s race in 1:18:04, also the fastest time ever.<\/p>\n

“The winners’ times are considered a world best and not a world record. The straight-line Boston course doesn’t qualify for world records because of the possibility of a supportive tailwind like the one on Monday.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The athletes had a tailwind of 13 mph, the AP reports.<\/p>\n