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Hellen Obiri of Kenya, a two-time world champion at 5,000 meters, won the 2023 Boston Marathon on Monday in 2:21:38, in one of the most closely contested editions of the race in its 127-year history.
Amane Beriso, 31, of Ethiopia was second in 2:21:50 and Lonah Salpet, 34, representing Israel, with third in 2:21:57.
On a soggy, misty day in Boston, with temperatures hovering around 50 degrees, the women went out at a leisurely pace, which kept almost 30 athletes in a tight pack for the first 10K. At that point, Beriso, who came in with a personal best of 2:14:58, surged to reduce the group down to eight women—miles seven, eight, and nine were swift, in 5:08, 5:10, and 5:09.
Emma Bates, 30, was the lone American to contend for the podium—she stuck with the top group until she had about two miles left. She finished fifth in 2:22:10, a new personal best.
