Who Won the 2014 Boston Marathon?
Source: boston.com
The 118th running of the Boston Marathon was a momentous occasion for the city, but it was also an important day for the world-class runners trying to win one of the worlds most revered races.
Meb Keflezighi won the Elite Mens division, becoming the first American to win the Boston Marathon since 1983.
Here is the full list of winners:
The winner from the Elite Mens division: Meb Keflezighi
The winner from the Elite Womens division: Rita Jeptoo
The winner from the Mens Wheelchair division: Ernst Van Dyk
The winner from the Womens Wheelchair division: Tatyana McFadden
The winner from the Mens Handcycle division: To come.
The winner from the Womens Handcycle division: To come.
Other results will be updated as they come.
Click here for pictures of the winners and more from the finish line on Boylston Street.
http://www.boston.com/sports/marathon/2014/04/21/finish-line-scenes/ooPBq3thB4Q49Wl7l9Ok7H/pictures.html
Read more: http://www.boston.com/sports/marathon/2014/04/21/who-won-the-boston-marathon/O9QNa6eihDQNuLIO86YahK/story.html
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)sheshe2
(83,654 posts)I saw them all pass by from the burbs...
FailureToCommunicate
(14,007 posts)from the other day. We got to the course early today to cheer her - and all the wheelchair racers- on.
For those of us caught up in last year's events, stories of triumph like Tatyana's brings easy tears...of gratitude for the good that is found sometimes in human beings.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/04/17/wheelchair-marvel-tatyana-mcfadden-back-defend/hkPw0ltdxwYvFc7lExeXOI/story.html
Thanks pinto, for the headlines!
-F2C