AMERICA! EFF YEAH!
Desiree Linden just won the women's division of the Boston Marathon.
She's the first American woman to do so since 1985. That's THIRTY-THREE YEARS.
Your 2018 Boston Marathon open women's champion Desiree Linden!!! pic.twitter.com/D0D4hJNI9m
— Boston Marathon (@bostonmarathon) April 16, 2018
Desiree Linden becomes first American woman to win the Boston Marathon since 1985, braving icy rain and a near-gale headwind. https://t.co/M60zxr5j1T pic.twitter.com/36LlQXixr5
— ABC News (@ABC) April 16, 2018
This is Desiree Linden, and she just became the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in more than 30 years. https://t.co/bzHHO1VJS8 pic.twitter.com/njQTJv68Ri
— NESN (@NESN) April 16, 2018
Before Desiree Linden won the #BostonMarathon, she waited for Shalane Flanagan during her bathroom break. https://t.co/A0p6UgnGHn pic.twitter.com/qSdfLdUPNO
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 16, 2018
Congrats, Desiree!
According to the New York Post:
BOSTON — Desiree Linden splashed her way through icy rain and a near-gale headwind to a Boston Marathon victory on Monday, the first American woman to win the race since 1985.
The two-time Olympian and 2011 Boston runner-up pulled away at the end of Heartbreak Hill to finish in 2 hours, 39 minutes, 54 seconds. That was more than four minutes better than second-place finisher Sarah Sellers, one of seven Americans in the top 10, but the slowest time for a women's winner since 1978.
“It's supposed to be hard,” said Linden, who wiped the spray of rain from her eyes as she made her way down Boylston Street alone. “It's good to get it done.”
Yuki Kawauchi passed defending champion Geoffrey Kirui in Kenmore Square to win the men's race in an unofficial 2:15:58 and earn Japan's first Boston Marathon title since 1987. Kirui slowed and stumbled across the Copley Square finish line 2:25 later, followed by Shadrack Biwott and three other U.S. men.
On the fifth anniversary of the finish line explosions that killed three and wounded hundreds more, Linden and Kawauchi led a field of 30,000 runners through a drenching rain, temperatures in the mid-30s and gusts of up to 32 mph on the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton.
“For me, it's the best conditions possible,” Kawauchi said through an interpreter and with a wide smile.
In Copley Square, crowds thinned and muffled by the weather greeted Linden, a California native who lives in Michigan, with chants of “U-S-A!”
I LOVE that!
Lisa Larsen Weidenbach's 1985 victory was the last for an American woman — before the race began offering prize money that lured the top international competitors to the world's oldest and most prestigious annual marathon. Linden nearly ended the drought in 2011, when she was outkicked down Boylston Street and finished second by 2 seconds.
“It was just tough, it was so freezing,” Hug said through chattering teeth as a volunteer draped a second towel around his shoulders. “I'm just very glad that I made it.”
Again… Congrats, Desiree! Well deserved!
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Desiree Linden just won the women's division of the Boston Marathon.
She's the first American woman to do so since 1985. That's THIRTY-THREE YEARS.
Your 2018 Boston Marathon open women's champion Desiree Linden!!! pic.twitter.com/D0D4hJNI9m
— Boston Marathon (@bostonmarathon) April 16, 2018
Desiree Linden becomes first American woman to win the Boston Marathon since 1985, braving icy rain and a near-gale headwind. https://t.co/M60zxr5j1T pic.twitter.com/36LlQXixr5
— ABC News (@ABC) April 16, 2018
This is Desiree Linden, and she just became the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in more than 30 years. https://t.co/bzHHO1VJS8 pic.twitter.com/njQTJv68Ri
— NESN (@NESN) April 16, 2018
Before Desiree Linden won the #BostonMarathon, she waited for Shalane Flanagan during her bathroom break. https://t.co/A0p6UgnGHn pic.twitter.com/qSdfLdUPNO
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 16, 2018
Congrats, Desiree!
According to the New York Post:
BOSTON — Desiree Linden splashed her way through icy rain and a near-gale headwind to a Boston Marathon victory on Monday, the first American woman to win the race since 1985.
The two-time Olympian and 2011 Boston runner-up pulled away at the end of Heartbreak Hill to finish in 2 hours, 39 minutes, 54 seconds. That was more than four minutes better than second-place finisher Sarah Sellers, one of seven Americans in the top 10, but the slowest time for a women's winner since 1978.
“It's supposed to be hard,” said Linden, who wiped the spray of rain from her eyes as she made her way down Boylston Street alone. “It's good to get it done.”
Yuki Kawauchi passed defending champion Geoffrey Kirui in Kenmore Square to win the men's race in an unofficial 2:15:58 and earn Japan's first Boston Marathon title since 1987. Kirui slowed and stumbled across the Copley Square finish line 2:25 later, followed by Shadrack Biwott and three other U.S. men.
On the fifth anniversary of the finish line explosions that killed three and wounded hundreds more, Linden and Kawauchi led a field of 30,000 runners through a drenching rain, temperatures in the mid-30s and gusts of up to 32 mph on the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton.
“For me, it's the best conditions possible,” Kawauchi said through an interpreter and with a wide smile.
In Copley Square, crowds thinned and muffled by the weather greeted Linden, a California native who lives in Michigan, with chants of “U-S-A!”
I LOVE that!
Lisa Larsen Weidenbach's 1985 victory was the last for an American woman — before the race began offering prize money that lured the top international competitors to the world's oldest and most prestigious annual marathon. Linden nearly ended the drought in 2011, when she was outkicked down Boylston Street and finished second by 2 seconds.
“It was just tough, it was so freezing,” Hug said through chattering teeth as a volunteer draped a second towel around his shoulders. “I'm just very glad that I made it.”
Again… Congrats, Desiree! Well deserved!
The post <a href=https://www.chicksonright.com/2018/04/16/usa-usa-this-hasnt-happened-at-the-boston-marathon-for-33-years/ target=_blank >USA! USA! THIS Hasn’t Happened At The Boston Marathon For 33 Years!</a> appeared first on Conservative Angle | Conservative Angle - Conservative News Clearing House
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