BOSTONWesley Korir of Kenya won the Boston Marathon on Monday in a heat-slowed unofficial time of 2 hours, 12 minutes, 40 seconds.
A year after Geoffrey Mutai ran the fastest marathon in history to win here, Korir won the second-slowest Boston race since 1985. Mutai dropped out after 29 kilometers (18 miles) with cramps as temperatures rose into the 80s on the 42.2-kilometer (26.2-mile) trek from Hopkinton to Copley Square.
Sharon Cherop won the women's race to complete the Kenyan sweep, outsprinting fellow Kenyan Jemima Jelagat Sumgong to win in an unofficial 2 hours, 31 minutes, 50 seconds.
It was the fifth consecutive year that the women's race came down to a sprint down Boylston Street.
Korir is the 19th Kenyan men's winner in 22 years.
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