Sharon Lokedi breaks Boston Marathon course record by 2.5 minutes

Kenya's Sharon Lokedi celebrates after winning the 129th Boston Marathon on Monday. Picture: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Sharon Lokedi of Kenya broke the Boston Marathon course record by more than two-and-a-half minutes on Monday, outkicking two-time defending champion Hellen Obiri a year after losing to her in one of the closest finishes in race history.

Fellow Kenyan John Korir recovered from a starting line fall to join his brother as a race champion — the first relatives to win the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon in a history that dates to 1897.