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Evans Chebet
Evans Kiplagat Chebet (born 10 November 1988) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road races. In September 2019, after finishing in the top six of every marathon he had finished, Chebet won his first international race, the Buenos Aires Marathon, in a time of 2:05:00. The year after, in March 2020, he won the Lake Biwa Marathon with 2:07:29. In December of the same year, Chebet lowered his personal best by exactly two minutes and set a world lead when he won the 2020 Valencia Marathon in 2:03:00, kicking down Lawrence Cherono and winning by four seconds. In 2022, he won as just the third man this century both the Boston Marathon and New York City Marathon. Results Personal bests * 10 kilometres – 29:39 (Boston, MA 2022) * 10 miles – 45:06 (Tilburg 2017) * Half marathon – 1:01:59 (Porto 2012) * Marathon – 2:03:00 (Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Boston Marathon
The 2022 Boston Marathon was a marathon race held in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 18, 2022. It was the 126th official running of the race, and 124th time it was run on course (excluding the virtual event of 2020, and the ekiden of 1918). The field was limited to 30,000 runners. Background The marathon returned to its traditional Patriots' Day schedule for the first time since 2019 Boston Marathon, 2019. All participants were required to be COVID-19 vaccine, fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Lawrence Cherono and Benson Kipruto, both from Kenya, were among the elite runners expected to compete. On April 6, race organizers announced that runners residing in Russia or Belarus would not be allowed to participate, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine. That decision subsequently drew criticism from an editorial in ''The Boston Globe''. Results The elite men's and women's races were won by Kenyans Evans Chebet and Peres Jepchirchir, respective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |