BOSTON: Some of the top athletes who also competed in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials are coming to Boston.
Elkanah Kibet, who missed out on the men's podium by five seconds with a personal best of 2 hours, 10 minutes and 2 seconds, will run on April 15 in Boston, where he has already recorded two top-10 finishes. He will be joined by Sarah Hall and Caroline Rotich, who finished fifth and sixth in Orlando on February 3.
Rotich, who recently became an American citizen, won the 2015 Boston Marathon on behalf of Kenya.
2016 Olympic 1500m bronze medalist Jenny Simpson also joined the Boston arena on Thursday.
Other additions include Sam Chelanga, who finished 30th in Boston and ran 2:08:50 in Chicago last year, and two-time Boston wheelchair champion Masazumi Soejima.
They join a previously announced field that includes 2018 champion Des Linden, 2023 fifth place finisher Emma Bates and 50km world record holder CJ Albertson.
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First published: March 15, 2024, 00:30 IST
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