Boston, MA (My Sportsbook) - Ethiopia's Deriba Merga captured the men's title at the Boston Marathon, while Kenya's Salina Kosgei won the women's crown in a dramatic finish. Kosgei, defending champion Dire Tune of Ethiopia and American Kara Goucher were running side-by-side in the final mile, but Goucher dropped behind the other two who battled to the wire. Kosgei, though, had the final kick and moved in front just moments before the finish line and crossed in a time of two hours, 32 minutes and 16 seconds. Tune was a second behind and collapsed after crossing the line. She was up and around soon after. Goucher was third, nine seconds off the winning time. The men's finish was not nearly as close, with Merga finishing in a time of two hours, eight minutes and 42 seconds. Kenya's Daniel Rono was second at 2:09:32 and American Ryan Hall finished another eight seconds behind in third. Three-time defending men's champion Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya was fifth at 2:10:06. |
