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Tuesday 18 april 2023
Boston Marathon sweep for Kenya, but not favorite Kipchoge

By JIMMY GOLEN Street for the final sprit, he
AP Sports Writer wasn’t among the three
BOSTON (AP) — Defending leaders.
champion Evans Chebet A dozen former champions
won the Boston Marathon and participants from 120
again on Monday, surging countries and all 50 states
to the front at Heartbreak were in the field of 30,000
Hill to spoil the much-antic- running 10 years after the
ipated debut of world re- finish line bombing that
cord holder Eliud Kipchoge killed three people and
and win in 2 hours, 5 min- wounded hundreds more.
utes, 54 seconds. The race also included 264
Hellen Obiri, a two-time members of the One Fund
Olympic silver medalist in community those injured
the 5,000 meters, won the by the attack, their friends
women’s race in 2:21:38 and family and charities as-
to complete the Kenyan sociated with them.
sweep. Amane Beriso of The city marked the anni-
Ethiopia was second, 12 versary in a ceremony on
seconds back, followed Saturday.
seven seconds later by Is- A robotic dog named
raeli Lonah Salpeter. Stompy belonging to the
Kipchoge finished sixth just Evans Chebet, left, and Hellen Obiri, both of Kenya, pose on the finish line after winning the men’s Department of Homeland
his third loss ever in a ma- and women’s division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 17, 2023, in Boston. Security patrolled the start
jor marathon to go with 12 Associated Press line before the race be-
victories. Scott Fauble was Geay of Tanzania winning the bumpy pavement. The 38-year-old has won gan, trailed by photogra-
the top American, finishing a footrace for second, 10 “It’s better to pull over los- two Olympic gold medals phers capturing the pecu-
seventh. Chebet is the first seconds behind the winner ing that time tightening and four of the six major liar sight. Officials said there
back-to-back winner since and two seconds ahead of it,” she said. “The speed marathons; Boston is the were no known threats.
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot 2021 winner Benson Kipruto you lose when your wheel only one he has competed At 6 a.m., race director
won three in a row from of Kenya. is (loose) is much greater in and failed to win. (He Dave McGillivray sent out
2006-08. “Most of them blew up. than the time you would has never run New York.) a group of about 20 from
“In a marathon anything Even Eliud Kipchoge blew lose by not tightening it. He also broke 2 hours in an the Massachusetts National
can happen,” Obiri said of up,” Fauble said. “I almost I was disappointed. I just exhibition in a Vienna park. Guard that hikes the course
the men’s race. “It was a caught him.” tried to get back to the ... Fighting a trace of a head- annually. Capt. Kanwar
strong field, and everybody Marcel Hug of Switzerland pace as quickly as I could.” wind and rain that damp- Singh, 33, of Malden, Mas-
was there to race.” won the men’s wheelchair For the first time, the race ened the roads, Kipchoge sachusetts, said it’s a spe-
Chebet was in a lead pack race in a course record also includes a nonbinary ran in the lead pack from cial day.
that dropped Kipchoge time – his sixth victory here division, with 27 athletes the start in Hopkinton until “Ten years ago, the city
around Mile 20, shortly af- and American Susannah registered. the series of climbs collec- came to a halt. It’s an in-
ter he missed his bottle at a Scaroni won her first Boston Kipchoge had been hop- tively known as Heartbreak credibly strong comeback,
water station. A threesome title despite having to stop ing to add a Boston Mara- Hill. as a group together,” he
pulled away with about early to tighten a wheel thon victory to his unprec- But to the surprise of the said. “I tell people, never
three miles left, with Gabriel that began to wobble on edented running resume. fans lined up along Boylston bet against Bostonians.”q

AP source: Hurts, Eagles agree to $255 million extension

By DAN GELSTON Hurts is set to sign one of the $255 million extension with with Jalen Hurts on a 5-year under coach Nick Sirianni
AP Sports Writer richest deals in NFL history, the Philadelphia Eagles, extension through the 2028 to the top seed in the NFC
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen agreeing to a five-year, including $179.3 million season.” and a playoff victory over
guaranteed, a person with The 24-year-old Hurts was the New York Giants and
knowledge of the situation expected to receive $51 over the San Francisco
told The Associated Press. million per season, and 49ers in the NFC champion-
The Eagles announced only only Deshaun Watson ship game.
on Monday “ QB1 is here ($230M) and Kyler Murray The Eagles went 0-2 when
to stay, “ but terms were ($189.5M) received more in Hurts sat out two late-sea-
not yet announced, ac- a single contract. son games because of a
cording to the person who Hurts delivered a record sprained right shoulder.
spoke to the AP on condi- performance in the Su- The Eagles stunned their
tion of anonymity because per Bowl, throwing for 304 fans when they drafted
the deal was not yet final. yards and a touchdown, Hurts out of Oklahoma in
Hurts was rewarded for his running for 70 yards and the second round in 2020.
breakout season when he three scores and adding They seemingly had Car-
was named an AP NFL MVP a game-tying 2-point con- son Wentz entrenched at
finalist and led the Eagles version. QB and had more pressing
to the Super Bowl, where Philadelphia went 14-1 in needs. Hurt was expected

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts celebrates a they lost to the Kansas City his starts and he had 3,701 to serve as insurance for
touchdown run by Kenneth Gainwell during the first half of the Chiefs. yards passing, 760 yards Wentz. Instead, he sup-
team’s NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers on “Keeping the main thing in rushing and 35 touchdowns planted him and became
Nov. 27, 2022, in Philadelphia. Philly,” the Eagles tweeted. combined in the regular one of the top young quar-
Associated Press “We’ve agreed to terms season. He led the Eagles terbacks in the NFL.q