Boston Marathon 2018

2018 Boston Marathon winner

Yūki Kawauchi

Desiree Linden

Boston Marathon route

The 2018 Boston Marathon was the 122nd edition of the annual running event in Boston , United States . The marathon took place on April 16, 2018. It was the seventh and penultimate run of the World Marathon Major 2017/18 and had the gold label of the IAAF Road Race Label Events 2018 .

The race was mainly characterized by rain, wind and temperatures close to freezing. Many of the athletes who were favored in advance did not finish or had to significantly reduce their pace during the race. From the 41-strong elite field, 23 runners did not finish the race, among the women top placements went to previously unknown outsiders. In the men's category , the Japanese Yūki Kawauchi won in 2:15:58 h and in the women's race, the American Desiree Linden in 2:39:54 h.

Results

Men

The Japanese high starter Yūki Kawauchi ensured a high pace from the start. He ran the first mile downhill in 4:37 minutes, which would have indicated a time of 2:01 hours. Even after that, the race remained relatively fast, with 10 km at the top in 30:15 minutes, which could still be extrapolated to a finishing time of 2:07 hours. As a result, however, the pace calmed down, so that Kawauchi, who was now slightly distant, caught up with the top group again. Half of the race was reached after a good 66 minutes. About six kilometers later, the Kenyan winner of the previous year, Geoffrey Kirui, attacked and was able to quickly work a clear gap on his pursuers - at kilometer 30 he ran a gap of 28 seconds on the runners who followed him and after another 5 kilometers he was 1:31 minutes ahead Kawauchi, who was previously able to break away from a group of three. At this point, other top favorites such as Galen Rupp , Tamirat Tola and Lemi Berhanu had already dropped out of the race . Over the next few kilometers, Kirui, who had been sovereign up until then, also had significant problems. At 40 km his lead had melted to 20 seconds and a little later Kawauchi overtook him, who then ran safely towards the first Japanese victory in 31 years. Behind them, Kirui saved second place, almost two and a half minutes behind, while US-American Shadrack Biwott came third 12 seconds after him .

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
01	Yūki Kawauchi	Japan	2:15:58
02	Geoffrey Kirui	Kenya	2:18:23
03	Shadrack Biwott	United States	2:18:35
04th	Tyler Pennel	United States	2:18:57
05	Andrew Bumbalough	United States	2:19:52
06th	Scott Smith	United States	2:21:47
07th	Abdi Nageeye	Netherlands	2:23:16
08th	Elkanah Kibet	United States	2:23:37
09	Reid Coolsaet	Canada	2:25:02
10	Daniel Vassallo	United States	2:27:50

Women

The obligations of Shalane Flanagan , Molly Huddle , Jordan Hasay and Desiree Linden , all of whom were seen as possible candidates for victory, promised excitement from a domestic perspective . However, Hasay had to cancel her start the day before due to a heel injury. As usual, a women's field with the committed elite runners and other runners with fast best times was sent off half an hour before the actual start. The race was very slow from the start, which led to the curiosity that at kilometer 5 there were eight runners from the main field, which started later, with faster transit times than the actual top. After that, it was above all the Ethiopian Mamitu Daska who tried to set the pace and was finally able to pull away from the field after half of the race. At 30 km she had a lead of 24 seconds on her pursuers Gladys Chesir and Desiree Linden, who in turn were able to pull away from the field. A little later, Daska could no longer keep her pace and was finally overtaken and overtaken after around 34 kilometers. After Chesir led briefly at first, it was Linden who had divided the race best and who finally ran safely towards the first American women's victory in 33 years on the mostly downhill last eight kilometers. The battle for places turned out to be exciting, as both Daska and Chesir did not finish the race. But since the chasing field around Flanagan, Huddle and the two-time world champion Edna Kiplagat had to struggle with the conditions despite the comparatively very slow first half (1:19:41 h) and all three only finished the race trotting, it was finally the one before completely unknown American Sarah Sellers , who crossed the finish line four minutes after Linden in an evenly divided race in second place. Third place went to the Canadian Krista DuChene . The fifth best time, Jessica Chichester, was achieved by a runner who started in the main field from the third start corridor.

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
01	Desiree Linden	United States	2:39:54
02	Sarah Sellers	United States	2:44:04
03	Krista DuChene	Canada	2:44:20
04th	Rachel Hyland	United States	2:44:29
005 *	Nicole DiMercurio	United States	2:45:52
06th	Shalane Flanagan	United States	2:46:31
07th	Kimi Reed	United States	2:46:47
08th	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	2:47:14
09	Hiroko Yoshitomi	Japan	2:48:29
10	Joanna Thompson	United States	2:48:31

* American Jessica Chichester, who started in the main field, achieved the fifth-best time in 2:45:23 h (gross time 2:46:52 h). Due to the early start of the women's elite field, she originally would not have received any prize money according to the rules. However, the organizer announced at the beginning of May that Chichester and four other runners who had started from the main field would receive the sum that they would have received according to their performance in the elite field in addition to the money paid out to the elite field.

Web links

Commons : Boston Marathon 2018  - Images, Videos, and Audio Files Collection

• official homepage
• Leaderboard with split times on boston.r.mikatiming.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sensation at the Boston Marathon - Amateur leaves professionals behind. In: tagesanzeiger.ch. April 17, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Desiree Linden and Yuki Kawauchi Pull Off Upsets in the Rainy Boston Marathon. In: nytimes.com. April 16, 2018, accessed April 17, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Elite Athletes to Watch in the 2018 Boston Marathon. In: bostonmagazine.com. April 13, 2018, accessed April 17, 2018 . 
4. ↑ 23 elites dropped out of the Boston Marathon. In: runningmagazine.ca. April 17, 2018, accessed April 17, 2018 . 
5. ^ The People's Marathoner Yuki Kawauchi Wins the 2018 Boston Marathon. In: letsrun.com. April 16, 2018, accessed April 17, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Des Linden Wins The 2018 Boston Marathon, Ends The American Women's 33-Year Winless Streak. In: letsrun.com. April 16, 2018, accessed April 17, 2018 . 
7. ↑ 2018 Boston Marathon Women's Preview: Flanagan and Hasay and Huddle and Linden, Oh My! In: letsrun.com. April 11, 2018, accessed April 17, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Jordan Hasay withdraws on eve of Boston Marathon. In: boston.com. April 16, 2018, accessed April 17, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Mount Morris grad Jessica Chichester finishes fifth in Boston Marathon. In: democratandchronicle.com. April 16, 2018, accessed April 17, 2018 . 
10. ^ Update on Top Finishers in the Women's Open Race. (No longer available online.) In: baa.org. May 3, 2018, archived from the original on May 23, 2018 ; accessed on May 22, 2018 (English, press release). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.