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Boston Marathon 2025: John Korir follows in brother's footsteps, wins event after defending champ Sisay Lemma drops out

The 2025 Boston Marathon has a new winner on the men's side. John Korir won the event Monday with a time of 2:04:45.

Korir, a runner from Kenya, hung with the pack throughout most of the race, but a late surge pushed him way ahead of the other runners down the stretch.

With the win, Korir joins his brother Wesley as sibling winners of the Boston Marathon. Wesley Korir won the event in 2012 with a time of 2:12:40.

John came into the Boston Marathon with a lot of momentum. He won the 2024 Chicago Marathon with a blazing time of 2:02:44.