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Kenyan Evans Chebet wins Boston Marathon in return to spring

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Published 10:51 AM

By JIMMY GOLEN
AP Sports Writer

BOSTON (AP) — Evans Chebet of Kenya won the Boston Marathon as the race returned to its traditional Patriots’ Day spot in the schedule for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The men’s lead pack of about 20 winnowed to two as it came out of Heartbreak Hill. Chebet pulled away from Gabriel Geay of Tanzania with about four miles to go to win in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 50 seconds. More than 28,000 runners returned to the streets from Hopkinton to Copley Square six months after a smaller and socially distanced event that was the only fall race in its 126-year history.

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