The 127th Boston Marathon kicked off Monday morning, marking the tenth anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing.
A video shared by Twitter user @ChristGrec shows the elite men passing the midway point of the race in Wellesley.
The event began with the wheelchair divisions, followed by the mens and womens professional races.
Marcel Hug of Switzerland won the men’s wheelchair division with an unofficial time 1:17:06, beating his own course record, according to the Boston Athletic Association. American Susannah Scaroni won the womens wheelchair division with an unofficial time of 1:41:45.
Kenyas Evans Chebet won the mens race for the second year in a row, with a time of 2:05:54, the third fastest winning time in race history, according to the BAA. Gabriel Geay of Tanzania came in third, followed by Benson Kipruto and Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya.
“Coming into Kenmore Square, four women side by side,” the BAA tweeted shortly before their finish. “Looks like this will be a replay of last year’s dramatic final mile!”
Kenyas Hellen Obiri came in first with an unofficial time of 2:21:38. According to the BAA, Obiri is only woman in history to win world titles in indoor and outdoor track and cross country. Ethiopian Amane Beriso came in second with an unofficial time of 2:21:50, followed by Kenyan-Israeli Lonah Chemtai Salpeter in 2:21:57 and Ethiopian Ababel Yeshaneh in 2:22:00.
