Ethiopian Worknesh Degefa, 28, finished in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 31 seconds to become the eighth Ethiopian woman to win the race and the third in seven years. The 28-year-old Ethiopian broke away from defending champion Des Linden and the rest of the women's pack in the Framingham flats and ran alone to her first major victory on Monday, winning the Boston Marathon by 44 seconds. Degefa finished in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 31 seconds to become the eighth Ethiopian woman to win the race and the third in seven years. Manuela Schar won the women's race for the second time, adding it to her titles in in Berlin, Chicago, New York and Tokyo. If she wins in London in two weeks, she will have swept the World Marathon Major series.

Source: Ethiopian News April 15, 2019 16:07 UTC