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PHOTOS: Best Moments From The 128th Boston Marathon

Sisay Lemma and Hellen Obiri win the Boston Marathon. See the top moments from Monday's race.

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Elite male runners break from the start line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15, 2024, in Hopkinton, Mass.
Elite male runners break from the start line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15, 2024, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

BOSTON, MA--Monday marked the 128th running of the Boston Marathon. The small town of Hopkinton marked its 100th anniversary as the starting line for the race. The marathon saw more than 30,000 runners compete in this year's race.

Switzerland's Marcel Hug won the men's wheelchair race for the seventh time. Hug finished the race in an hour 15 minutes and 33 seconds. Britain's Eden Rainbow-Cooper won the women's wheelchair race, which was her first major marathon victory at an hour 35 minutes and 11 seconds.

Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia ran alone for most of the marathon, winning the men's division in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 17 seconds. Lemma set the 10th fastest time in the race's 128 years. Hellen Obiri captured her second-in-a-row marathon win clocking in at 2 hours, 22 minutes, and 37 seconds, Obiri faced a tight race between herself and Sharon Lokedi until she finally pulled away at mile 25.

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See highlights below from the 128th Boston Marathon.

Men's wheelchair athletes break from the line at the start of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Members of the United States military cross the starting line. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, breaks the tape to win the men's wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, left, winner of the Boston Marathon men's wheelchair division, left, and Eden Rainbow Cooper, of Britain, right, winner of the women's wheelchair division, display the trophy on the finish line Monday, April 15, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Eden Rainbow Cooper, of Britain, breaks the tape to win the women's wheelchair division. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A Vizsla named Whiskey watches as runners make their way from the start of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Sisay Lemma, of Ethiopia, breaks the tape to win the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A member of the State Police looks on as a wave crosses the start line. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Zachary Helner, of Michigan, gives a high-five to a volunteer as he breaks from the start. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Hellen Obiri, of Kenya, raises her arms as she wins the women's division. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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