- Hellen Obiri is confident of winning the Boston Marathon title for the third time in a row.
- Obiri is among several Kenyan runners who will take part in the event that is planned to be staged on Monday, April 21, 2025.
- Some of the other Kenyan athletes who will take part in the Boston Marathon are Sharon Lokedi and Edna Kiplagat.
Kenyan athlete Hellen Obiri is committed to enter her name into record books in the upcoming 2025 Boston Marathon.
Obiri is seeking to become the first woman to win three Boston Marathon titles in a row for over two decades.
The mother of one has stated that she will do everything humanly possible to ensure she wins the race for the third time on Monday.
I will be the first one to do it. And I want to make it happen. I am here to make it happen. I’m ready. I am well focused. So, I want to give it a try. And I want to fight until the end,” explained Obiri.
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Hellen Obiri seeking to match Fatuma Roba’s Boston Marathon legacy
The last female runner to achieve that feat was Ethiopia’s Fatuma Roba, who did so between 1997 and 1999.
Roba triumphed for the first time in the demanding Boston Marathon course in 1997 when she crossed the finishing line in 2:26.23.
She went on to clinch her second title in 1998 (2:23.21) before making it three victories in a row the following year in a time of 2:23.25.
Meanwhile, Obiri, who ditched track for road a few years ago, has already secured two Boston Marathon titles and she is one of the favorites to shine in the 2025 edition.
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games bronze medalist heads to Boston with a personal best time of 2:21.38 that she set at the same event two years ago.
Star-studded women’s field for 2025 Boston Marathon
In Boston, Obiri will battle it out against a strong field that has the likes of the Ethiopian quartet of Amane Beriso, Yalemzerf Yehualaw, Buze Diriba, and Rahma Tusa.
Some of the other contenders in this year’s Boston Marathon are Kenyans Edna Kiplagat, Sharon Cherop, Viola Cheptoo, Stacy Ndiwa and Sharon Lokedi as well as United States’ runner Keira D’Amato.
Some of the 2025 Boston Marathon women’s elite field
- Amane Beriso (Ethiopia)
- Hellen Obiri (Kenya)
- Sharon Lokedi (Kenya)
- Sharon Cherop (Kenya)
- Stacy Ndiwa (Kenya)
- Viola Cheptoo (Kenya)
- Yalemzerf Yehualaw (Ethiopia)
- Buze Diriba (Ethiopia)
- Edna Kiplagat (Kenya)
- Mary Ngugi-Cooper (Kenya)
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