Ethiopia's Sisay Lemma has won the 2024 Boston Marathon.
Ethiopia's Sisay Lemma attacked early and held on for a dominant victory in the Boston Marathon on Monday in a time of 2:06:17.
Lemma, who led by more than two minutes at the halfway mark, finished 41sec ahead of compatriot Mohamed Esa, who surged late to grab second ahead of Kenyan Evans Chebet, who was denied a third straight Boston title.
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