Boston Marathon 2023: Evans Chebet takes surprise win, Eliud Kipchoge finishes sixth plus elite results - complete list
Chebet braves the damp weather to win the 127th Boston Marathon men's race as Hellen Obiri takes victory in the women's race. Find out all the results from the 2023 Boston Marathon below.
Athletics
In a result that will send shockwaves around the world, Kenya's Evans Chebet has taken the Boston Marathon victory with a time of 2:05:54 to end the dreams of Kenyan world record holder Eliud Kipchoge.
Kipchoge had been aiming to win the 16th marathon out of the 18 he has run but fell away from the leading pack after the 30km mark to leave his Boston dreams in tatters.
In the end, it was Chebet who finished the men's race victorious to take his second Boston win in as many years, with Tanzania's Gabriel Geay second and Kenya's Benson Kipruto third. Kipchoge finished in sixth place in a time of 02:09:23.
In the women's race, Hellen Obiri stole the show with a surge to the finish that secured victory in 2:21:38. The Kenyan was 12 seconds clear of second-place Amane Beriso from Ethiopia with Israel's Lonah Salpeter coming third.
Find out all the results from the 2023 Boston Marathon below.