Korir and Lokedi repeated as Boston Marathon champions in April
The organizer’s April 20 results also recorded wheelchair wins for Marcel Hug and Eden Rainbow-Cooper.
- Event / announcement date
- 2026-04-20
- Earliest linked source date
- 2026-04-20
- NewsTumble first published
- 2026-10-25T22:01:35Z
- NewsTumble updated
- 2026-10-25T22:01:35Z
John Korir and Sharon Lokedi successfully defended their Boston Marathon titles on April 20, 2026, according to the Boston Athletic Association’s race report. Korir finished in 2:01:52, setting a course record. Lokedi won the women’s race in 2:18:51. [1]
The men’s result moved the course benchmark below Geoffrey Mutai’s 2:03:02 from 2011. The organizer reported that runner-up Alphonce Felix Simbu and third-place Benson Kipruto also finished faster than that previous mark. A course record describes performance on this route; it should not be confused with a world-record claim. [1]
In the wheelchair races, Marcel Hug won in 1:16:06 and Eden Rainbow-Cooper in 1:30:51. The association described Hug’s result as his ninth Boston victory and Rainbow-Cooper’s as her second in three years. [1]
This archive brief summarizes the organizer’s dated results, rather than an account from a NewsTumble reporter at the race. The linked official report provides the fuller finish order and separate Para Athletics division results. [1]
The source
- Boston Athletic Association: 130th Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America Featured Course Records and Back-to-Back Champions ↗
Source published 2026-04-20 · reviewed 2026-10-25
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