The second man named Robert K. Cheruiyot to win the Boston Marathon did so in record fashion yesterday
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Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot won the 114th Boston race Monday, finishing in 2:05:52 to shatter by 82 seconds the course record set by four-time winner Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, who’s not related. American Ryan Hall, who finished third last year, missed another spot on the podium by 2 seconds, but his time of 2:08:41 was the fastest ever for U.S. runner in Boston.
“Today was a breakthrough day,” said Hall, who was 6 seconds faster than Bob Kempainen in 1994. “Guys are paving new territory, and that’s good for us, too.”
Cheruiyot, 21, surpassed the course record of 2:07:14 set by his namesake in 2006, when he was 27. A farmer back home, the younger Cheruiyot earned a bonus of $25,000 on top of the $150,000 – and a golden olive wreath from the city of Marathon, Greece – that goes the men’s and women’s winners.
“I am going to buy some cows,” Cheruiyot said.
Continue reading on Cheruiyot’s record-breaking day at Universal Sports
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