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Boston Marathon 2018

April 16, 2018 - Aan de 122e Boston Marathon doen naar verwachting 30.000 lopers mee. De huidige kampioenen Geoffrey Kirui en Edna Kiplagat leiden het veld van respectievelijk de mannen en de vrouwen in de editie van dit jaar van 's werelds oudste marathon

Boston is the second World Marathon Major of 2018, after Tokyo in February, where Kenya’s Dickson Chumba and Birhane Dibaba of Ethiopia won the men’s and women’s races.

Future marathons:
April 22 - London, UK
September 16 - Berlin, Germany
October 7 - Chicago, U.S.
November 4 - New York, U.S.

The Boston Marathon started in 1897 with 15 runners. It is held annually on Patriots’ Day, which commemorates the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775 at the start of the U.S. War of Independence from the Great Britain.

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PUBLISHED: 06/04/2018; STORY: Graphic News
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