The 126th Boston Marathon starts today on April 18th!
Marathon runners from all over the world, join hands to bring a running feast!
The Boston Marathon is the oldest marathon in the world, founded in 1897 as one of the six largest marathons in the world, held every year on the third Monday of April.
The entry threshold for Poma is strict, also known as the "BQ" (Boston Qualification), and only those who meet the score requirements are eligible to register.
There is a saying in the running circle:
Runners have three realms, the first is the ordinary runner, the second is the marathon runner, and the third layer is the Boston Marathon runner.
Therefore, Boma is also regarded by runners as the "temple of the marathon", and it is a great pride to be able to stand on the track of Boma.
But such a historic event is also ill-fated:
In 2013, the event was suspended for two years after an explosion near the finish line of the Boston Marathon;
● Only resumed in 2016.
● The 2020 Boston Marathon was forced to cancel due to the epidemic.
● The 2021 Boston Marathon has been held in mid-October.
Therefore, this year's 2022 Bauma is the traditional day of the event to return to April after a gap of 2 years.
The veteran's absence is slightly regrettable
But there are many champions competing, and the competition is strong!
This year, the Boston Marathon will start at Hopkinton and end at Boylston Street.
The race starts in the small town of Hopkinton through 8 cities and reaches the finish line on Boylston Street in BackBay, Boston.
The track as a whole is downhill, the most challenging is the 26-33 km newton town, where there are four consecutive slopes, followed by 33.6km is the most famous "heartbreak slope", if there is a reservation in the ups and downs before the "heartbreak slope", I believe it will be able to achieve good results in Poma.
Boston Marathon Roadmap
Although the absence of this year's Boston Marathon, kenenisa Bekele, Titus Ekiru, Sara Hall and Rosa Dereje, there are still several Polish champions on the starting line at the same time.
Past Poma Champions Assemble:
2019 Poma Champion Lawrence Cherono;
● 2018 Poma Champion Yuki Kawauchi;
● 2016 Poma Champion Lemi Birhanu;
● 2013, 2015 Two-time Poma Champion Lelisa Desisa;
This year's Poma will have five sub204 players, and in the past 5 years, only 1 sub204 player, it can be said that this year's competition will be the highest level of POMA in the past.
The men's squad is strong
On the women's side, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and New York Marathon double champion Peres Jepchirchir will compete in this year's Boston Marathon women's group, will she have a chance to win another gold medal?
Peres Jepchirchir
In addition, in the women's elite list, there is also The strongest popular female runner in China before, Dr. Liu Ziyang (2019 International Gold Label Event Guangma 2 hours, 40 minutes and 30 seconds, ranking fifth in the women's overall ranking) is also worth paying attention to.
The current Pokémon record is Geoffrey Mutai's men's record of 2:03:02 in 2011 and Deba's women's record of 2:19:59 in 2014.
I don't know which man/woman will be able to surpass the Pokémon record and hit this year's Boma championship and win the $250,000 prize, we look at the next competition!
Boston Marathon coverage
It is 9:32 a.m. Eastern Time, 2022 Poma officially began, the temperature at this time is 6 °C, the weather is clear, sunny, the temperature is suitable, conducive to the players to play a stable performance.
The scene was warm and exciting, accompanied by a whistle, and the runners officially ushered in the 126th Boston Marathon.
The Boston Marathon has a male and female wheelchair runner group, about sixty manual bicycle runners, I believe this is also the charm of sportsmanship.
The cheers and support of the runners on the street is the greatest encouragement to the runners.
At the beginning of the race, the first runner was still the leading brother of last year's Boston Marathon, the American CJ Albertson, who claimed to be the best downhill runner in the world.
He ran 212 in the Modestero Marathon with the lead car on the wrong track, so this year he will see if he can surprise everyone again in Poma.
Eight minutes have passed since the men's race, and the women's marathon has also started.
It's been 40 minutes since the men's race, and American CJ Albertson is still in the lead.
Since the Boston Marathon has no pacemakers, athletes can only grasp the pace on their own, which is still quite a test of the comprehensive quality of athletes.
After 1 hour, the men's first phalanx did not change much, and CJ Albertson still led.
Men's half time 1 hour 03 minutes 24 seconds, 15-20km time 15 minutes 18 seconds;
The women's players seem to have no suspense, and the competition for the championship lies only between these three people: Joyciline Jepkosgei (Ken), Peres Jepchirchir (Ken), Ababel Yeshaneh (ETH)
And the man is really wonderful, there are more than a dozen people in the leading group, just in the breakthrough of CJ Albertson, was swallowed, and then kept swinging between the breakouts.
The men's 25km took 1 hour, 15 minutes and 25 seconds, and the American CJ Albertson led the way in the first half, and the first half has been stable, and it is not known whether the first advantage can be maintained in the second half.
At 1 hour and 42 minutes, there are currently 14 male players in the first phalanx, the gap is not very large, but Albertson has fallen behind the first echelon.
At 1 hour and 50 minutes, the men's first gradient had begun to widen, with Kenya's Wilson Chebet and Gabriel Geay running together to shake off the other runners, Evans Chebet in first place, followed by Gabriel Geay.
In less than a minute, the two players gradually pulled apart, and Wilson Chebet Evans Chebet was far ahead, looking quite relaxed.
The veteran's sprint was quite powerful, with less than 5 minutes to get Gabriel Geay far behind him.
At the men's 35km, the first group took 1:46:31, and for now It seems that Wilson Chebet has won.
The 2022 Boston Marathon champion was born, congratulations to Wilson Chebet Evans Chebet, who won the $150,000 championship prize, the result is 2:06:51, the strength of the veteran is obvious to all!
summary
The Logo of the Boston Marathon is a unicorn, and in some national mythology, the unicorn is seen as a symbol of pursuit — you can't really touch it, only remarkable people can keep coming closer to it.
As the Poma spirit wants to convey to us, continue to do our best, in the movement to strive to transcend the past and become a better version of ourselves!
We look forward to the 127th Boston Marathon!
I also look forward to getting better and better you!
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