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Boston - Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai set an official world record for the men's marathon at the Boston Marathon on Monday, slashing almost a minute off the previous mark.
Mutai completed the course in an unofficial time of two hours three minutes and one second, shattering the existing record of 2:03.59 set by Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie at Berlin in 2008.
Mutai held off countrymen Geoffrey Mosop in a sprint down Boston's Boylstron Street after favorably cool temperatures and a significant tailwind combined to set the stage for fast times.
Kenyan Caroline Kilel won the women's race in an unofficial time of 2:22.36.
Results from the men's and women's Boston Marathon:
Men
1. Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 2hrs 03mins 02secs, 2. Moses Mosop (KEN) 2:03:06, 3. Gebre Gebremariam (ETH) 2:04:53, 4. Ryan Hall (USA) 2:04:58, 5. Abreham Cherkos (ETH) 2:06:13, 6. Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:06:43, 7. Philip Kimutai Sanga (KEN) 2:07:10, 8. Deressa Chimsa (ETH) 2:07:39, 9. Bekana Daba (ETH) 2:08:03, 10. Robert Kipchumba (KEN) 2:08:44
Women
1. Caroline Kilel (KEN) 2hrs 22mins 36secs, 2. Desiree Davila (USA) 2:22:38, 3. Sharon Cherop (KEN) 2:22:42, 4. Caroline Rotich (KEN) 2:24:26, 5. Kara Goucher (USA) 2:24:52, 6. Dire Tune (ETH) 2:25:08, 7. Werknesh Kidane (ETH) 2:26:15, 8. Yolanda Caballero (COL) 2:26:17, 9. Alice Timbilili (KEN) 2:26:34, 10. Yuliya Ruban (UKR) 2:27:00
