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Boston Marathon – 17 de Abril de 2023

A Maratona de Boston é uma das mais antigas e prestigiadas maratonas do mundo, realizada anualmente na cidade de Boston, Massachusetts. A primeira edição da corrida aconteceu em 1897 e desde então se tornou uma das maratonas mais cobiçadas por corredores de todo o mundo.

A maratona de Boston acontece no mês de abril e o percurso de 42,195 km começa na cidade de Hopkinton e termina no centro de Boston, no bairro de Back Bay. O percurso é considerado um dos mais difíceis entre as maratonas importantes devido às várias colinas e ao clima instável da região, que pode variar de muito frio a muito quente em questão de horas.

Para se qualificar para a Maratona de Boston, os corredores devem atender a critérios de tempo determinados pela organização da corrida, que variam de acordo com a idade e o gênero dos corredores. A maratona é conhecida por sua atmosfera festiva e pelo apoio dos moradores locais ao longo do percurso.

Além da maratona principal, há outras corridas que acontecem durante o fim de semana da Maratona de Boston, incluindo uma meia maratona e uma corrida de 5 km.

Para mais informações sobre a Maratona de Boston, incluindo datas, inscrições, percurso e dicas para corredores, você pode visitar o site oficial: https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon.

Yuki Kawauchi – Win Boston Marathon 2018

Japan’s Yuki Kawauchi won the men’s race at the 122nd Boston Marathon in such dramatic fashion that it will surely be recalled alongside such epics as the Duel in the Sun of 1982 and the Johnny Kelley/Ellison Brown battle of 1936. A customarily deep field ensured that the mano a mano competition would always be the focus of the day; but, with conditions ranging from consistently heavy rain to a veritable monsoon, it was undeniable that the weather was enormously significant in the outcome.

Even Kawauchi assented. “I think the conditions were instrumental in pulling off this victory,” he stated after crossing the Boylston Street finish line in a time of 2:15:58, the slowest winning time since 1976 (when it was blazing hot), but still almost two and a half minutes up on second placed Geoffrey Kirui, the defending champion (2:18:23) and a further twelve seconds ahead of third placed Shadrack Biwott (2:18:35).

The race may have been slow, but the manner of Kawauchi’s victory was enthralling. As he conceded, “I bet there’s not a single person in Boston who thought that I would win today.” Saliently, he added, “But, in the marathon anything can happen.”

It wasn’t just the fact of the upset, it was the manner in which the win was earned. Always in Boston, a runner bolts off the finish line, into a sizeable lead, only to fade and never be seen again. Kawauchi was that runner this year, defying the torrential rain and blustery winds and blasting through the first mile in 4:37 with a 13 second lead over a pack of 25 runners that included Kirui (KEN), 2016 winner Lemi Berhanu (ETH), 2013 and 2015 winner Lelisa Desisa (ETH) and 2017 Chicago champ (and Boston second placer) Galen Rupp. One mile later (9:30), the gap was down to eight seconds, and the inevitable seemed about to happen. Except that it didn’t.