Boston Marathon 2025 live: John Korir wins men's race, other updates and highlights
John Korir of Kenya pulled away Monday to win the 129th running of the Boston Marathon, surging through the hills outside of Boston to claim a dominant victory in a time of 2 hours, 4 minutes and 45 seconds.
Korir, 28, made a strong move around Mile 20 to separate himself from the rest of the frontrunners and build a sizable lead heading into the closing stretch. That gap, which was nearly a minute with a few miles to go, proved to be more than enough to hold off the chase pack that featured American Conner Mantz, who finished fourth.
Korir, who also won last year's Chicago Marathon, joins his older brother, Wesley, as the first siblings to win the Boston Marathon. Wesley Korir won Boston in 2012 and was waiting to greet his brother at the finish line.
"I had promised him that I was going to win," John Korir said in an interview on ESPN2. "... It is special."
Meanwhile, in the women's race, Kenyan Sharon Lokedi used a last-mile surge to crush the course record by more than two full minutes. She crossed the finish line in 2:17:22, dashing compatriot Hellen Obiri's hopes of winning a third consecutive Boston Marathon title.
An American woman has not won the Boston Marathon since Des Linden in 2018, and the U.S. men's drought goes back even further to 2014.
