A rolling start and shrunken field allowed for social distancing on the course, as organizers tried to manage amid a changing COVID-19 pandemic that forced them to cancel the race last year for the first time since the event began in 1897.
It s a Kenyan sweep of the 125th Boston Marathon. Benson Kipruto finished first for the men in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 51 seconds. Diana Kipyogei was the women s winner in a time of 2 hours 24 minutes, 45 seconds.
Kenya's Benson Kipruto won the pandemic-delayed Boston Marathon when the race returned from a 30-month absence, moved from the spring for the first time in its 125-year history.