2021 Boston Marathon

Kipyokei gets 6-year doping ban, loses Boston Marathon title

Kipyokei’s urine sample after winning in Boston in October 2021 had traces of triamcinolone acetonide — an anti-inflammatory prohibited at races when an athlete does not have permission to use...

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Dec 20, 2022

Diana Kipyokei, of Kenya, holds a Boston Marathon championship trophy following a news conference, on Oct. 12, 2021. (Steven Senne/AP)

2021 Boston Marathon winner Diana Kipyokei suspended in doping case

Diana Kipyokei has been stripped of her 2021 Boston Marathon victory and suspended from professional competition on Friday after testing positive for doping at the race and allegedly obstructing an...

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Oct 14, 2022

Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, breaks the finish line with his helmet to win the men's wheelchair division at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Kipruto, Kipyogei, Schär, Hug win in Boston Marathon return

Kenya's Benson Kipruto won the pandemic-delayed Boston Marathon on Monday when the race returned from a 30-month absence with a smaller, socially distanced feel and moved from the spring for...

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Oct 11, 2021

125th Boston Marathon kicks off Monday

Last year, the Boston Marathon was postponed and eventually canceled for the first time ever because of the pandemic. But it's on for Monday, Oct. 11. Marathon reporter Alex Ashlock...

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07:10Oct 11, 2021

Boston Marathon race director on this year's event

Dave McGillivray, the race director of the Boston Marathon, joined Morning Edition Monday to talk about the 125th marathon.

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04:25Oct 11, 2021

Chali’Naru Dones, right, and Darlene Flores, co-founders of the Indigenous Peoples' Day Committee in Newton, perform a healing song as artist Robert Peters paints a mural illustrating Indigenous history in the Boston Marathon near the finish line in Copley Square. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Indigenous Peoples' Day Newton Committee sees 'huge symbolism' in rescheduled Boston Marathon

Chali’Naru Dones and Darlene Flores say in part because of their group's efforts, the 2021 Boston Marathon will acknowledge and celebrate Indigenous people. But they see ways organizers could have...

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05:16Oct 11, 2021

Fans cheer along Boylston Street as Diana Kipyogei approaches the finish line. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

PHOTOS: Scenes from the Boston Marathon

It's been more than a year and a half since the throngs of thrill seekers climbed out of buses in Hopkinton and made their way on foot back to Boston....

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Oct 11, 2021

After nearly two and a half years, Marathon Monday is almost here

WBUR's Sharon Brody previews the 125th running of the Boston Marathon with reporter Alex Ashlock, who is covering the race.

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05:33Oct 10, 2021

Runners and onlookers explore the setup and festivities the weekend before Marathon Monday in October. (Amanda Beland/WBUR)

Runners and attendees prepare for a different Marathon Monday

An October Marathon Monday approaches and many have already arrived to Boston to prepare for race day. Around the finish line on Boylston Street, runners and race attendees took in...

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Oct 9, 2021

Painter Will Belezos, of Holbrook, left, uses a stencil, Wednesday, Oct 6, 2021, while working to complete the start line for the 125th edition of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton. (Steven Senne/AP)

After a long wait, Boston's long race is back. Here's what's different this Marathon Monday

"While the 26.2 mile course from Hopkinton to Boston remains the same ... pretty much everything else this year is different," says Boston Athletic Association CEO Tom Grilk.

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06:49Oct 8, 2021

Tatyana McFadden of the United States competes in her women's 1500m T54 heat on day 6 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 30, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Tatyana McFadden: 'Running together into a new future'

Tatyana McFadden is a 20-time Paralympic medalist and a 23-time major marathon winner. She's the only elite female athlete attempting to podium in five major marathons this fall, including Boston....

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08:54Oct 8, 2021

Ellison M. "Tarzan" Brown, a 22-year-old a member of Rhode Island's Narragansett tribe, breaks the tape to win the 1936 Boston Marathon. (File photo/AP)

Boston Marathon Will Pay Tribute To 2-Time Indigenous Champion

The Boston Athletic Association, which administers the marathon, said Monday it will honor the legacy of the late Ellison “Tarzan” Brown, Boston's champion in 1936 and 1939, in the run-up...

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Sep 27, 2021