‘We’re taking back the finish line’

Nearly 36,000 runners set out from the Boston Marathon starting line with security tight along the 26.2-mile course in a show of resilience a year after the bombing that turned the race into a scene of carnage.

Two pressure-cooker bombs went off near the finishing line last year, killing three people and wounding more than 260.

Meb Keflizighi, a former New York City Marathon champion and Olympic medallist, won the men’s title in 2:08:37. He was the first American man to win in three decades.