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Nine former champions will be running the Boston Marathon this year
2019 Boston Marathon To Have 9 Former Champions In Elite Field. The Boston Athletic Association and sponsor John Hancock officially announced the entire team of elite runners Thursday for the 2019 race.
There will be 82 elite athletes competing, including Olympians, Paralympians, world champions and marathon majors winners from 15 countries.
The returning men’s champions will be:
2018: Yuki Kawauchi of Japan 2017: Geoffrey Kirui of Kenya 2016: Lemi Berhanu of Ethiopia 2015 and 2013: Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia 2012: Wesley Korir of Kenya
The returning women’s champions will be:
2018: Desiree Linden of the U.S. 2017: Edna Kiplagat of Kenya 2015: Caroline Rotich of Kenya 2012: Sharon Cherop of Kenya
Seven Boston Marathon wheelchair champions will also return for this year’s race, including defending champions Marcel Hug of Switzerland and Tatyana McFadden of the U.S.
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Boston Marathon
Among the nation’s oldest athletic clubs, the B.A.A. was established in 1887, and, in 1896, more than half of the U.S. Olympic Team at the first modern games was composed of B.A.A. club members. The Olympic Games provided the inspiration for the first Boston Marathon, which culminated the B.A.A. Games on April 19, 1897. John J. McDermott emerged from a...
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