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2025 Boston Marathon
The 2025 Boston Marathon was the 129th official edition of the Boston Marathon, annual marathon race in Boston, Massachusetts, held on Monday, . It was a World Athletics Label Road Races, Platinum Label marathon, one of seven World Marathon Majors scheduled for 2025 and the second to be run, following the 2025 Tokyo Marathon of early March. In early April, organizers announced that Bill Rodgers (runner), Bill Rodgers, four-time winner of the event, and Bob Hall, "the father of wheelchair racing", would serve as Grand Marshal (parade dignitary), grand marshals. Each won their division in the 1975 Boston Marathon. Entrants A total of 32,080 runners appeared on the official entry list (24,000 chosen based on their performances in Boston Marathon Qualifying Standards, qualifying events), an increase from the 29,685 runners on the entry list of the 2024 edition. Entrants came from all 50 U.S. states and 118 countries. Notable professional entrants in the event included: * Men: Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by eight cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was inspired by the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics. The Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon and ranks as one of the world's best-known road racing events. It is one of seven World Marathon Majors. Its course runs from Hopkinton in southern Middlesex County to Copley Square in Boston. The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has organized this event annually since 1897, including a "virtual alternative" after the 2020 road race was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race has been managed by DMSE Sports since 1988. Amateur and professional runners from all over the world compete in the Boston Marathon each year, braving the hilly Massachusetts terrain and varying weather to take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Tokyo Marathon
The 2025 Tokyo Marathon was the 18th edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, held on Sunday, 2 March 2025. A Platinum Label marathon, it was the first of seven World Marathon Majors events to be held in 2025. Ethiopians Tadese Takele and Sutume Kebede won the men's and women's races, respectively, with Kebede successfully defending her 2024 title. Tomoki Suzuki of Japan also defended his 2024 title by winning the men's wheelchair race, while the women's wheelchair race was won by Catherine Debrunner of Switzerland. Results Men English musician Harry Styles finished in 6010th place with a time of 3:24:07. Women References External links Official site Marathon 2025 marathons March 2025 sports events in Japan 2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resigna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yalemzerf Yehualaw
Yalemzerf Yehualaw Densa (born 3 August 1999) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the 2022 London Marathon. Yehualaw is the current world record holder in the 10 kilometres road race, sits second on the world all-time list at the half marathon and tenth on the respective world all-time list for the marathon. Yehualaw recorded the then-fastest ever women's marathon debut at the time at the 2022 Hamburg Marathon. Early life and background Yalemzerf Yehualaw was born the eldest of six siblings in Finote Selam in the West Gojjam area of the Amhara Region. Her name means in Amharic 'edge of the world'. She was winning track races at school from the age of 12 and later also youth track titles in her highly-competitive region. With wins on the track, road and cross country, she was invited to join the Ethiopian Youth Sport Academy in Addis Ababa where she currently lives, and then, after four years in 2017, to join the NN Running Team coached by Tessema Abshero. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amane Beriso
Amane Beriso Shankule (born 13 October 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. In 2023, she won the marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. In 2022, she improved her marathon personal best by nearly six minutes to take the win at the 2022 Valencia Marathon, placing third on the world all-time list. Beriso finished second at the 2023 Boston Marathon. in 2024, she finished 3rd in the Tokyo Marathon (2:16:58) and 5th in the Paris Olympics marathon (2:23:57). Career Beriso Shankule won the Copenhagen Half Marathon in 2014. A year later, the 23-year-old set an unofficial personal best in the event of 1:08:43 when winning Roma-Ostia Half Marathon. In 2016, she debuted in the marathon taking the second place at the Dubai Marathon with a time of 2:20:48, a position which she also secured at the 2017 Prague Marathon (2:22:15). After 2017 Prague Marathon, Beriso Shankule dealt with a series of injuries to her leg and knee. She won the Mumbai Marathon in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellen Obiri
Hellen Onsando Obiri (born 13 December 1989) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. She is the only woman to have won world titles in indoor track, outdoor track and cross country. Obiri is a two-time Olympic 5,000 metres silver medallist from the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she also placed fourth over the 10,000 metres. She is a two-time world champion after winning the 5,000 m in 2017 and again in 2019, when she set a new championship record. Obiri also took world bronze for the 1,500 metres in 2013 and silver in the 10,000 m in 2022. She won the 3,000 metres race at the 2012 World Indoor Championships, claimed silver in 2014, and placed fourth in 2018. She is the 2019 World Cross Country champion. Obiri triumphed in the 2023 Boston Marathon, her second marathon race. She places fifth in the half marathon on the world all-time list. She won a bronze medal in the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Women's marathon. Obiri is the former Kenyan n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haymanot Alew
Haymanot Alew Engdayehu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He finished third at the 2024 Berlin Marathon. Career In 2018, Haymanot set a personal best of 42:20 over the 15 km in finishing second at the Le Puy-en-Velay 15 km. In June, he placed tenth over 3000 m at the Golden Spike Ostrava in 7:43.26. At the 2018 African Championships in Asaba, Haymanot placed eighth over 5000 m. Haymanot ran his debut marathon at the Porto Marathon on 6 November 2022, finishing second in 2:11:10. On 12 February 2023, he improved his personal best to 2:05:57 at the Dubai Marathon. On 28 April 2024, Haymanot finished second at the Haspa Hamburg Marathon running a new personal best of 2:05.30. Later that year, he finished third at the Berlin Marathon The Berlin Marathon (, ) is a marathon event held annually on the streets of Berlin, Germany on the last weekend of September. Held annually since 1974, the event includes multiple races over the marathon distance of , incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprian Kimurgor Kotut
Cyprian Kimurgor Kotut (born 1992), also known as Cybrian Kotut, is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. His best for the distance is 2:04:47 hours. He was the winner of the 2016 Paris Marathon. He also holds a half marathon best of 59:12 minutes, set in 2014. Career The brother of Martin Lel (a former winner of the London Marathon),Kenya’s Cyprian Kotut wins Paris Marathon ''Daily Nation'' (2016-04-03). Retrieved on 2016-04-03. Kotut began to compete in professional road running, road races in 2012. He placed fourth at both the Portugal Half Marathon and the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale that year. At the start of the following year he travelled to the United States and took third at the Mardi Gras Half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evans Chebet
Evans Kiplagat Chebet (born 10 November 1988) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road races. In 2022, he became the third man this century to win both the Boston Marathon and New York City Marathon. Chebet successfully defended his title at the 2023 Boston Marathon for his third consecutive World Marathon Major victory in a row. He finished third at the 2016 Berlin Marathon. 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, he 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. Achievements Road races Personal bests * 10 kilometres – 29:39 (Boston, MA 2022) * 10 miles – 45:06 (Tilburg 2017) * Half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisay Lemma
Sisay Lemma Kasaye (born 12 December 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. Career Sisay Lemma began his running career at 17 and initially competed barefoot due to a lack of running shoes. 2012 Sisay won the Maratona d'Italia. 2013 Sisay was fifth in the Tiberias Marathon, won the Orlen Warsaw Marathon and finished fourth at the Eindhoven Marathon. 2015 Sisay was fifth at the Dubai Marathon in January in 2:07:06, won the Vienna City Marathon in April in 2:07:31 and the Frankfurt Marathon in October where he ran a personal best of 2:06:26. 2016 In 2016 he improved his best to 2:05:16 at the Dubai Marathon where he finished fourth. 2017 In 2017, he was third at the Dubai Marathon in January and fourth at the Chicago Marathon in October, but he did not finish the Boston Marathon in April. 2018 In 2018, he began the season with a fifth-place finish at the Dubai Marathon on 26 January, a personal best of 2:04:08. In October, he broke the Ljubljana Marathon record with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medium (website)
Medium is an American online publishing platform for written content such as articles and blogs, developed by Evan Williams and launched in August 2012. It is owned by A Medium Corporation. The platform is an example of social journalism, having a hybrid collection of amateur and professional people and publications, or exclusive blogs or publishers on Medium, and is regularly regarded as a blog host. Williams, who previously co-founded Blogger and Twitter, initially developed Medium as a means to publish writings and documents longer than Twitter's then 140-character maximum. In March 2021, Medium announced a change in its publishing strategy and business model, reducing its own publications and increasing support of independent writers. History 2012–2016 Evan Williams, Twitter co-founder and former CEO, created Medium to encourage users to create posts longer than the then 140-character limit of Twitter. When it launched in 2012, Williams stated, "There's been less prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Marathon Qualifying Standards
Boston Marathon qualifying standards allow runners to qualify for the Boston Marathon by running a previous marathon with a stipulated result within a stipulated calendar time frame. The standards have been in place since 1970 for male runners and 1972 for female runners. The standards are published by the Boston Athletic Association The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) is a non-profit dedicated to organized sports, with a focus on running, in the Greater Boston area. The B.A.A. hosts such events as the Boston Marathon, the B.A.A. 5K, the B.A.A. 10K, the B.A.A. Half Mar ... (B.A.A.), in advance of the qualifying window. To "qualify" for the Boston Marathon runners need to have run a marathon at a time given for their gender and age (as shown in the tables below). Before the 2012 marathon, qualification allowed runners to register and run the race. Since 2012, "qualifiers" who do not meet additional cutoff criteria (see below) are not eligible to enter the marathon by virt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
