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Kenya’s Sharon Lokedi took home the biggest prize from the 2025 Boston Marathon when she banked Ksh26 million from winning the race in a new course record.
Kenya’s Sharon Lokedi walked away with the biggest pay cheque from the 2025 Boston Marathon when she won the women’s 42km race in a new course record time.
Lokedi ran a tactical race to fend off the challenge of compatriot Hellen Obiri, who was seeking to become the second woman to win the Boston Marathon title three years on the bounce.
The 2022 New York Marathon champion ran a tactical race, keeping Obiri and Ethiopian Yelemzerf Yehua in check, before taking off in the final stretch with the defending champion struggling with the last hill of the tough course.
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19:20 - 21.04.2025
Sharon Lokedi Denies Hellen Obiri Boston Marathon Hattrick as she Strikes Course Record
Sharon Lokedi put up a good fight to silence Hellen Obiri at the Boston Marathon.
It was a sweet revenge for Lokedi, who was left in tears after the race, having had three epic battles with Obiri in the last one year, and losing out to her Kenyan compatriot in all of them.
Lokedi won the race in 2:17:22 which was a new course record, shattering the previous mark by 2 minutes and 37 seconds after Ethiopian Buzunesh Deba had clocked 2:19:59 in 2014.
With that, Lokedi banked a cool $200,000 (Ksh26 million) from a two-hour job, being the $150,000 (Ksh19.4 million) prize for winning the race and an extra $50,000 (Ksh6.5 million) bonus for breaking the course record.
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18:51 - 21.04.2025
John Korir Obliterates Strong Field To Return Boston Marathon Title To Kenya
Kenya's John Korir ran a solo race to claim the 2025 Boston Marathon title and emulate his brother Wesley Korir who won the race in 2012.
Boston remains the most lucrative major marathon in the world with only Chicago coming close in terms of prize money, as it pays out $100,000 (Ksh13 million) to its winners.
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