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Kipchoge runs the Boston Marathon 2023

Published:2023-04-17 By Quang Dũng(MetaSports) Comments
The men's marathon of the Boston Marathon 2023 takes place from 20:37 today, with the focus of attention being world record holder Eliud Kipchoge.

Boston Marathon 2023 will start with the men's wheelchair content starting at 9:02 am local time, ie 20:02 Hanoi time, followed by the women's wheelchair. The men's and women's marathon content competed at 9:37 and 9:47, respectively. The competition route starts from the town of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, with the destination on Boylston Street, Boston.

Kipchoge currently holds the world record with 2 hours 1 minute 9 seconds set at the Berlin Marathon in September 2022. In the system of six largest running events on the planet - World Marathon Majors, this Kenyan runner was crowned in Tokyo (2022), Berlin (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022), London (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and Chicago (2015). 2014). But this is Kipchoge's first time attending the Boston Marathon.

Boston Marathon, founded in 1897, is the oldest running race in the world, and belongs to the World Marathon Majors (WMM) system, alongside five races in New York, Chicago, London, Berlin and Tokyo. This year's tournament has about 30,000 athletes participating.

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