Kenyan duo finish atop Boston Marathon

Kenya’s Geoffrey Kirui won the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday, pulling away from American Galen Rupp late in the race to win in an unofficial time of two hours nine minutes 37 seconds. Rupp, a three-time Olympian making his Boston debut, was 21 seconds behind. Kenyan policewoman Edna Kiplagat won the women’s race in 2:21:52. She pulled ahead of Rose Chelimo of Bahrain in the Newton Hills part of the course to win by 59 seconds. Calgary’s Jakob Puzey was the top Canadian, 41st overall at 2:26:52. Toronto’s Rachel Hannah finished 23rd among women at 2:41:22.