Live results from the 2026 Boston Marathon
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Key Points:
- John Korir of Kenya won the professional men’s division at the Boston Marathon, setting a new course record with an unofficial time of 2:01:52, beating the previous record set by Geoffrey Mutai in 2011.
- Korir improved his own winning time from the previous year by nearly three minutes, continuing the Korir family's legacy, as his brother Wesley Korir won the division in 2012.
- Sharon Lokedi of Kenya won the professional women’s division with a time of 2:18:51, marking the second-fastest win in the women’s division and following her record-breaking victory last year.
- Marcel Hug of Switzerland secured his ninth victory in the men’s wheelchair division with a time of 1:16:06, just half a minute shy of the course record he set in 2024.
- Eden Rainbow-Cooper of Great Britain won the women’s wheelchair division for the second time, achieving a personal best with an unofficial time of 1:30:51.
