Sharon Lokedi Wins Second Straight Boston Marathon Women's Title
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- Sharon Lokedi won the Boston Marathon women's race for the second consecutive year, finishing in 2:18:51.
- The Kenyan runner took the lead during the Newton Hills and maintained her advantage to join fellow Kenyan John Korir, who set a new course record in the men's race, as a back-to-back champion.
- Loice Chemnung finished second, 44 seconds behind Lokedi, while Mary Ngugi-Cooper placed third.
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The Boston Marathon is one of the world's oldest annual marathons, held annually on Patriots' Day in Massachusetts. Last year, Sharon Lokedi broke the women's course record by more than 2 1/2 minutes.
Sharon Lokedi won the Boston Marathon for the second straight year Monday, winning the women's race in 2 hours, 18 minutes, 51 seconds. Lokedi rode a tailwind to join fellow Kenyan John Korir, who shattered the Boston Marathon course record in the men's race, as a back-to-back champion. Lokedi, who broke the women's course record last year by more than 2 1/2 minutes, took the lead entering the Newton Hills and emerged from them with an expanding lead. On a day that started in the 30s but warmed to 45 degrees (7 degrees Celsius) by the start, Lokedi pulled off her gloves as she went through Coolidge Corner in Brookline and smiled her way down Boylston Street. Loice Chemnung was second, 44 seconds back, followed by Mary Ngugi-Cooper in third. Jess McClain finished fifth after running the fastest time ever for an American. Lokedi and Korir each won $150,000 and a gilded olive wreath sent from the plains of Marathon, Greece.
