The 129th running of the Boston Marathon — the oldest annual marathon in the world — is still ongoing, but we have our winners from Monday’s 26.2-mile race.
On the women’s side, Sharon Lokedi of Kenya took home first place honors while shattering the previous course record by more than two minutes. It was a close race down the stretch between Lokedi and two-time defending champion Hellen Obiri, but after coming up just short and finishing as the runner-up in 2024, Lokedi finished on top of the podium this year with a time of two hours, 17 minutes and 22 seconds.
She won the race by 19 seconds.
The men’s race was a bit less exciting, with John Korir (also of Kenya) pulling away in the final few miles to win with a time of 2:04:45. Korir won the Chicago Marathon last year, and along with his brother Wesley — who won in 2012 — became part of the first sibling duo to win the Boston Marathon.
COURSE RECORD 👏
🇰🇪’s Sharon Lokedi holds off Hellen Obiri and storms to 2:17:22 at the @bostonmarathon 🔥
That’s more than 2️⃣ minutes faster than the course record set in 2014 🤯 pic.twitter.com/8ordm7pKYx
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) April 21, 2025
Crash at the start, first to break the tape 😮💨
🇰🇪‘s John Korir dominates the @bostonmarathon with 2:04:45 🔥
That’s the 3rd fastest time ever in Boston 👀 pic.twitter.com/HqkMXlaoeg
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) April 21, 2025
Korir fell at the beginning of the race but ultimately shrugged it off to finish with the third-fastest men’s time ever. His brother was at the finish line to greet him upon his victory.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: 2025 Boston Marathon: Who won men’s, women’s races?