In a race that has been dominated by foreign runners over the past three decades, American Meb Keflezighi won the Boston Marathon. One year after one of the worst days in history of this great nation, which left three dead and more than 260 people injured.
Keflezighi won the Olympic silver medal in 2004 and won the New York City Marathon in 2009. He finished the Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 8 minutes, and 37 seconds.
Keflezighi had stiff competition from Wilson Chebet of Kenya who finished 11 seconds behind him.
The 38-year-old from San Diego said after the race, “It was not about me,” said Keflezighi. “It was about Boston Strong.” Keflezighi was paying homage to Boston and stressing the importance of the city and not the race. You have to applaud his humility. People should pay homage to Meb Keflezighi, the person and not the runner for showing the city of Boston respect.
With that being said it has been a long time since an American runner has won the Boston Marathon.
No U.S. runner had won the race since, a woman named Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach, who took the women’s title in 1985; the last male American to win was Greg Meyer in 1983.
But in a way it seems fitting that an American won the race after what happened one year ago.
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