It’s official: successful the Boston Marathon is a practice for Kenya’s Korir household. On the 2025 Boston Marathon on Monday, John Korir adopted within the footsteps of his brother, Wes, taking the title in 2:04:45–the second-fastest end in race historical past–regardless of falling and dropping his bib early within the race.
The 28-year-old threw down a large surge at 32-km and by no means seemed again; Alphonce Felix Simbu of Tanzania and Cybrian Kotut of Kenya closed out the 42.2K race with a dash end for second and third.
Korir’s Boston victory marks his second Abbott World Marathon Main title in six months; in October, he got here out on high on the 2024 Chicago Marathon. The end improves on his fourth-place end from final yr and ninth-place end in 2023. The Korir siblings are actually the primary pair of brothers to win the Boston Marathon; Wes gained the title in 2012, clocking 2:12:40.
After Korir made his decisive transfer on the 32-km mark, it was a three-man race for the ultimate two podium spots. American favorite Conner Mantz, who was trying to turn out to be the primary American to win since Meb Keflezighi in 2014, battled forwards and backwards with Simbu and Kotut for a spot on the rostrum. Mantz fell again within the closing stretch, compelled to accept fourth, although it was nonetheless an enormous PB for him and the second-fastest American time on the Boston course (the American course file is held by Ryan Corridor at 2:04:58). Simbu and Kotut completed neck-and-neck, each clocking 2:05:04; Simbu took silver by a fraction of a second.
Canada’s Rory Linkletter takes sixth
After a gutsy race, boldly taking the lead on the midway level, Calgary’s Rory Linkletter secured an excellent sixth-place end in 2:07:02–a 59-second private finest whereas smashing his aim of a top-10 run. The time additionally marks the quickest Boston Marathon ever run by a Canadian, and second-fastest marathon in Canadian historical past. It was Linkletter’s second time racing Boston and first marathon beneath new coach Jon Inexperienced, who leads the Verde Monitor Membership in Flagstaff, Ariz.
Prime 10 outcomes
- John Korir (Kenya) – 2:04:45
- Alphonce Felix Simbu (Tanzania) – 2:05:04
- Cybrian Kotut (Kenya) – 2:04:05
- Conner Mantz (U.S.A.) – 2:05:08
- Muktar Edris (Ethiopia) – 2:05:59
- Rory Linkletter (Canada) – 2:07:02
- Clayton Younger (U.S.A.) – 2:07:04
- Tebello Ramakongoana (Lesotho) – 2:07:19
- Daniel Mateiko (Kenya) – 2:07:52
- Ryan Ford (U.S.A.) – 2:08:00
Marcel Hug wins eighth wheelchair title
The 2025 Boston Marathon marked the fiftieth anniversary of the race’s wheelchair division. Swiss favorite Marcel Hug broke the tape in 1:21:34, taking his eighth Boston title. Hug, also called “The Silver Bullet”, set the course file of 1:15:33 in 2024.
Daniel Romanchuk of the U.S. took second in 1:25:58 whereas Jetze Plat of the Netherlands rounded out the rostrum in 1:30:16.
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