How many elite runners in boston marathon

Kipruto was the winner of the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Dylan Wykes is the top-seeded Canadian in the field with a personal best of , Rory Linkletter and Thomas Toth Tristan Smyth will also be on the start line, coming in with a personal best of , which he set in at the Berlin marathon.

Kirui, another city and championship marathon specialist, also returns to the course where he won his first major career title. The then full-time employee of the Japanese Government and marathon fan runner surprised the elite competitors to win the edition. In Kawauchi retired from his office work to run professionally at Des Linden missed what would have been her third Olympics as she failed to make the American team for Tokyo by a slot. The year-old returns to the marathon course after her world-record run in the women's kilometre race last April.

Linden loves the Boston Marathon. She's finished in the top five in this race five times. I'm training hard and more motivated than ever to be ready to put together a memorable performance this October.

The women's elite field will also include: Edna Kiplagat, of Kenya, who won the race in and is also a two-time World Athletics Marathon Championships gold medalist and three-time Abbott World Marathon Majors series champion; Caroline Rotich, of Kenya, the winner; and Atsede Baysa, of Ethiopia, the winner, who has also won marathons in Chicago and Paris. Ethiopian Lemi Berhanu Hayle, who's best known for skipping across the Boylston Street finish en route to winning in , will also return in a bid for a second title.

And fan favorite Yuki Kawauchi, winner of more than 30 international marathons and the Japanese record holder in the 50K, looks to become the first man from Japan since Toshihiko Seko in to earn two Boston Marathon titles. USA Brittany Moran….. Canada Emma Spencer …. USA Rachel Hyland ….. USA Caroline Chepkoech………. Debut Half ….. Kenya Elaina Tabb ………Debut Half ……………. Posted by: Watch Athletics. The Zurich Marathon Barcelona men's and women's elite field.

The race takes place on Sunday, November 7. Belgium's year-old Bashir Abdi set a new European record to win the 40th edition of Rotterdam Marathon, a World Athletics label road race. Top videos.