Boston Marathon: Tanzania’s Gabriel Geay finishes second ahead of Eliud Kipchoge
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- 18 Apr 2023
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Tanzania’s Gabriel Geay on Monday beat odds to finish second at the 127 Boston marathon ahead of favourite Eliud Kipchoge, a rare feat by a Tanzanian athlete.
Kenya’s Evans Chebet pulled away from compatriot Benson Kipruto with less than two kilometres to successfully defend his Boston Marathon title in the American city on Monday.
Chebet edged out Tanzania’s Gabriel Geay to second place in 2:06:04 as Kipruto settled third in 2:06:06.
World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge failed to sustain the heat and finished sixth in 2:09:23.
The pack was behind the course record by 16 seconds as they cruised past 10km in 28:52 before Kipchoge guided the pack off 11 through 20km in 59:01 and halfway in 1:02:19.
But the pack was whittled down to seven men after 25km in 1:14:04 with Kipchoge tacked behind Tanzania’s Gabriel Geay. Defending champion Chebet, John Korir, Andualem Belay, Benson Kipruto and Albert Korir right behind them.
Kipchoge, Geay and Belay went through 30km in 1:29:23 with four other athletes following, but that is when Kipchoge started to drift away from the pack. Read More…
