Photos and updates from the 2016 Boston Marathon, the 120th running of the historic race. Actor Mark Wahlberg was spotted at the finish filming his movie "Patriots Day.''
BOSTON, Mass. -- Below are updates and links to results for the 2016 Boston Marathon. Also, the photo gallery from the race will be updated throughout the day on April 18.
More than 30,000 participants are expected for the 120th running of the historic race from Hopkinton, Mass., to the finish on Boylston Street in downtown Boston, including hundreds of Ohioans. The Boston Athletic Association reports the number of entries is 30,741.
Actor and Boston native Mark Wahlberg was spotted at the finish before the race dressed as a Boston sergeant. He is filming the movie "Patriots Day" about the bombing near the finish of the 2013 race.
Winners:- Men: Lemi Berhanu Hayle, Ethiopia, 2:12:45
- Women: Atsede Baysa, Ethiopia, 2:29:19
- Top American man: Zachary Hine, South Hadley, Mass., 2:21:37
- Top American woman: Neely Spence Gracey, Superior, Colo., 2:35:00
- Men's wheelchair: Marcel Hug, Switzerland, 1:24:02
- Women's wheelchair: Tatyana McFadden, United States, 1:42:16
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Lemi Berhanu Hayle wins men's marathon: Lemi Berhanu Hayle of Ethiopia won his first Boston Marathon title in 2:12:45. Defending champion Lelisa Desisa was second (2:13:32) and Adhane Tsegay third (2:14:02) to complete an Ethiopian sweep of the men's podium.
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-- Boston Marathon (@bostonmarathon) April 18, 2016
Byasa wins first women's title: Atsede Baysa of Ethiopia won the women's title at the 120th Boston Marathon on Monday.
Baysa, a two-time winner of the Chicago and Paris marathons, posted her first Boston victory. She outdueled Tirfi Tsegaye, also from Ethiopia, in the final two miles, first catching Tsegaye then opening a sizable lead in the race's final mile.
Baysa's winning time was 2:29:19. Tsegaye was second, and Joyce Chepkirui of Kenya was third. (Boston Globe).
Wheelchair winners repeat: Marcel Hug of Switzerland and American Tatyana McFadden won their second consecutive men's and women's wheelchair titles, respectively.
Hug won with a late surge.
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-- Jessi Miller Bradley (@JessiWBZ) April 18, 2016
McFadden continued to show her great versatility. She won 400, 800 and 1500-meter gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics and has won several marathons in recent years. She has won Boston four times.
Hug (1:24:02) beat Kurt Fearnley and Ernst Van Dyk down the stretch to the finish line and crossed it in 1 hour, 24 minutes and 2 seconds.
A headwind slowed times.
Rotich stops: Five miles into the Boston Marathon, defending champion Caroline Rotich stopped running and moved to the side of the road. No word yet on what might have afflicted the 31-year-old Kenyan.
Rotich also won the Prague Marathon in 2013 and Las Vegas in 2009 and ran a personal best of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 22 seconds in Chicago in 2012.
Last year, she won Boston by 4 seconds after outsprinting Ethiopia's Mare Dibaba on Boylston Street. (Associated Press)
The start: Approximately 50 mobility impaired competitors began the race at 8:50 a.m.. They were followed by Push rim wheelchairs starting, 9:17 a.m., handcycles, 9:22 a.m.; Elite women, 9:32 a.m.; Elite men and Wave 1, 10 a.m.
Defending champs return, top Americans rest: Defending champions Lelisa Desisa and Caroline Rotich will lead the field. With the top American marathoners resting for the Rio Olympics, Neely Spence Gracey could be the best U.S. hope for a podium finish in Boston.
Gracey, 26, of Superior, Colorado, is an eight-time NCAA Division II national champion who will be making her marathon debut. (Associated Press)
50 years of women: The race is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first woman to run. Bobbi Gibb sneaked onto the course in 1966 to break the race's gender barrier.