Ethiopian runner Lelisa Desisa won the men's division at this year's Boston Marathon on Monday, finishing the 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 22 seconds. It's the first win at Boston for the 23-year-old.
Update at 4:50 p.m. ET: After we published our post on the race's results, two explosions at the Boston Marathon brought deadly violence and chaos to the area near the finish line. We're . Our original post continues:
Hitting the tape at 2 hours, 26 minutes and 25 seconds, Kenya's Rita Jeptoo won the women's side of the race. It was her second win in Boston. In 2006, Jeptoo finished No. 1 in a time of 2:23:38.
Americans finished fourth in both the men's and women's divisions — Jason Hartmann among the men; Shalane Flanagan among the women.
Earlier in the day, Japan's Hiroyuki Yamamota . American Tatyana McFadden won the women's wheelchair race.
Meanwhile, where the olive wreaths that the winners wear come from. And they've .
The Boston Marathon was first run in 1897. It's the "world's oldest annual marathon and one of the world's most prestigious road races," . The top finishers were competing for more than $800,000 in prize money.
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