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Live updates: The latest on the 2026 Boston Marathon
Follow up-to-date reports on the 130th Boston Marathon, as more than 30,000 people race from Hopkinton to Boston.
Race day is here.
Tens of thousands of runners will make their way from Hopkinton to the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston Monday during the 130th Boston Marathon.
Follow along here all day for live updates from the race.
Winners
Men’s wheelchair: Marcel Hug
Women’s wheelchair: Eden Rainbow-Cooper
Pro men: John Korir
Pro women: Sharon Lokedi
Top Americans set new fastest times in Boston
Multiple American runners had impressive showings during the 2026 Boston Marathon.
On the men’s side, Zouhair Talbi placed fifth overall with a time of 2:03:45. Charles Hicks placed seventh with a time of 2:04:35. These are the two fastest marathons ever run by U.S. citizens, per Jonathan Gault of LetsRun.com (although Boston times aren’t eligible for American records). Clayton Young was the third-fastest American man, placing 11th overall with a time of 2:05:41.
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Talbi previously represented Morocco in global competitions but is in the process of transferring competition allegiance to the U.S. In January, he won the Houston Marathon and set a course record there.
For the second year in a row, the fastest American woman at the Boston Marathon was Jess McClain. She finished in fifth place with a time of 2:20:49, her personal best for a marathon and the fastest time ever run by an American woman in Boston. McClain was heard asking, “What just happened?,” as she crossed the finish line, per The Boston Globe. Marblehead native Shalane Flanagan had the previous best time for an American woman, running 2:22:02 in 2014.
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Annie Frisbie was the second-fastest American woman, coming in eighth place with a personal-best time of 2:22:00. She was also second among American women in the 2025 Boston Marathon.
Emily Sisson was the third-fastest American woman. She came in ninth place with a time of 2:22:39.
Americans sweep handcycling titles at Boston Marathon
Americans dominated the handcycling division at this year’s Boston Marathon.
In the men’s race, 36-year-old Zachary Stinson captured his fourth Boston title, finishing in 1:04:05. In the women’s race, 47-year-old Edie Perkins led the pack, finishing first in 1:40:19. Read more.
Sharon Lokedi defends Boston Marathon title
Kenyan Sharon Lokedi won the Boston Marathon’s women’s division for the second-straight year, with an unofficial time of 2:18:51.
Lokedi placed second in 2024, narrowly falling to Hellen Obiri in a race that was virtually tied until mile 25. Lokedi ran 2:22:45 in 2024.
She got her revenge against Obiri in 2025, completing the race in 2:17:22 and setting a course record.
On Monday, Lokedi averaged a pace of 5 minutes and 18 seconds per mile. She completed half the race in 1:11:03 and hit the 20-mile mark in 1:48:31.
Last November, Lokedi placed second in the New York City Marathon in 2:20:07. She trained in Arizona and Kenya in the lead up to the 2026 Boston Marathon.
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Behind Lokedi, Kenyan Loice Chemnung came in second with an unofficial time of 2:19:35. Chemnung only made her professional marathon debut in 2025, finishing fourth in the Chicago race.
Mary Ngugi-Cooper finished third in this year’s Boston Marathon with a time of 2:20:07. Read more.
John Korir repeats as Boston Marathon champ in course record
John Korir, of Kenya, made history Monday by winning the 2026 Boston Marathon in the men’s division with an unofficial time of 2:01:52. This is a new course record.
Korir is now a back-to-back champion. He won the Boston Marathon last year with a time of 2:04:45. This was the second-fastest course time in history, made all the more impressive because Korir tripped and fell at the beginning of that race.
On Monday, Korir reached the half-marathon mark in 1:01:50 and the 20-mile mark in 1:33:48. He averaged a pace of 4 minutes and 39 seconds per mile. He set a personal record, topping his previous best marathon time of 2:02:24.
Korir is the first man to win consecutive Boston Marathons since Evans Chebet in 2022 and 2023.
The previous course record, 2:03:02, was set by Geoffrey Mutai in 2011. That year, a strong tailwind helped the top four men all finish under the previous course record.
Korir’s older brother, Wesley, won the 2012 Boston Marathon. They are the only pair of siblings to have both won the Boston Marathon. Read more.
Eden Rainbow-Cooper wins women’s wheelchair division
British athlete Eden Rainbow-Cooper won the Boston Marathon’s women’s wheelchair division for the second time Monday, with an unofficial time of 01:30:51.
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Rainbow-Cooper previously claimed victory in Boston in 2024, with a time of 1:35:11. Earlier this year, she placed second in the Tokyo Marathon with a time of 1:41:13.
Catherine Debrunner, of Switzerland, came in second with an unofficial time of 01:32:59. Debrunner made her Boston debut in 2025, when she also placed second. Read more.
Marcel Hug wins men’s wheelchair division
Swiss star Marcel Hug claimed his ninth Boston Marathon wheelchair division victory Monday, with an unofficial time of 1:16:06.
Hug set a course record in Boston in 2023 with a time of 1:17:06 and again in 2024 with a time of 1:15:33. Nicknamed the “Swiss Silver Bullet,” Hug won the Boston Marathon in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025. He has now won 47 Abbott World Marathon Majors races over the span of his career.
American Daniel Romanchuk came in second this year with an unofficial time of 01:22:44. Romanchuk won the Boston Marathon wheelchair division in 2019, becoming the youngest men’s wheelchair champion in race history. Read more.
Professional women start
The professional women’s runners began racing at 9:47 a.m. The field is led by Kenyan Sharon Lokedi, who is hoping to become a repeat champion after setting a course record of 2:17:22 in 2025.
Kenyan Irine Cheptai placed fourth last year and has the second-fastest personal best marathon time of the women’s field. Workenesh Edesa of Ethiopia won the Sydney Marathon in 2024 and both the Osaka and Hamburg marathons in 2025. Bedatu Hirpa of Ethiopia and Loice Chemnung of Kenya will also be in the mix.
The entire 2024 U.S. women’s Olympic marathon team will be participating in Boston, including Emily Sisson, who holds the national record for women with a 2:18:29 time.
Professional men start
The professional male runners began their race at 9:37 a.m. The field is led by Kenya’s Benson Kipruto, who is returning to the Boston Marathon for the first time since 2023. He was the winner of the 2021 race and set his personal best marathon time in Tokyo in 2024 with a 2:02:16.
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John Korir, also of Kenya, won the 2025 Boston Marathon and is returning this year. He boasts the second-fastest personal best time of the men’s field, 2:02:24.
Milkesa Mengesha of Ethiopia, Cybrian Kotut of Kenya, and Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands are also top contenders.
Americans Conner Mantz, Galen Rupp, Clayton Young, and Zouhair Talbi could be competing for spots on the podium. Talbi is coming off an impressive win at the Houston Marathon earlier this year, where he set a course record of 2:05:45.
Wheelchair athletes begin their races
The men competing in the marathon’s wheelchair division departed from Hopkinton at 9:06 a.m., followed by the women at 9:09 a.m.
Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, is looking to win his ninth Boston Marathon. He dominated the field in 2024, setting a course record of 1:15:33 despite crashing into a barrier as he made the famous “firehouse turn” in Newton. Last year, he won with a time of 1:21:34.
American Susannah Scaroni won the women’s wheelchair division in 2025 for the second time in her career, with a time of 1:35:20. She is not returning this year, having withdrawn to focus on her pregnancy. Swiss athlete Manuela Schar set the Boston Marathon record in 2017, with a time of 1:28:17. She has the best personal record of the women’s field this year but could be challenged by American Tatyana McFadden.
A cool start to Marathon Monday
After warm weather hit Boston last week, cooler temperatures return Monday. Athletes will begin their marathon journeys with temperatures still in the 30s, but Boston should see a high of 52 degrees in the mid-afternoon.
More race day forecasts can be found here.
Athlete statistics
Who is competing in the Boston Marathon? Race organizers have made a bevy of information available online.
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There will be 32,196 total athletes participating in the race, with 18,111 men, 13,970 women, and 115 non-binary competitors. There will be 49 wheelchair athletes, and 33 handcycles athletes.
By age, the largest demographic represented in the race are those between the ages of 18 and 39, with 12,563 athletes. There are 427 athletes between the ages of 70 and 74, compared to 107 between the ages of 75 and 79 and 21 athletes over the age of 80.
A total of 55 U.S. states and territories are represented, as well as 133 countries.
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