It was Gold for Kenya as Lawrence Cherono won his debut in Boston Marathon on Monday, beating Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia in a dramatic sprint finish.
The two broke from the leading pack with some kilometers left to run and kept together to the end.
The two; Cherono and Desidsa dashed towards the finish with the two running on the last of their reserve strength.
#BREAKING: Lawrence Cherono wins the men's Boston Marathon in a sprint. WHAT A FINISH! pic.twitter.com/uI1J6GjEC2 — WBZ | CBS Boston News (@wbz) April 15, 2019
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The Kenyan came out on top, clocking 2:07:57 while his Ethiopian counterpart came in second on 2:07:59.
Kenyan Kenneth Kipkemoi finished third on 2:08:06.
Women’s race
In the women’s race, Worknesh Degefa of Ethiopia won with 2:23:30 on the clock after opening a huge gap which she maintained to the end.
She was followed by Kenyan Edna Kiplagat on 2:24:14 while American Jordan Hasay came in third on 2:25:21.
WATCH: Worknesh Degefa of Ethiopia is the winner of the 2019 Boston Marathon Women's race with an unofficial finish of 2:23:30 (unofficial) pic.twitter.com/XPXPZdoyYD — WBZ | CBS Boston News (@wbz) April 15, 2019
Daniel Romanchuk of the USA won the Men’s Wheelchair race while Manuela Schar won the Women’s.
