First-person view: Holding tape for Boston Marathon champion’s finish
First-person view: Holding tape for Boston Marathon champion’s finish
Updated: 4:56 PM EDT Apr 21, 2025
Right on Hereford, left on Boylston and straight into the history books — but first the champions of the 129th Boston Marathon had to make it to the finish line and break the tape.What’s it like to be a part of that moment with the fastest marathoner in the field? What’s it like to hold the tape for the champions of the 129th Boston Marathon? David Tyrie, Bank of America’s president for global marketing, held the tape for men’s champion John Korir and shared his first-person video from the finish line.Korir finished the race in 2:04:45, the second-fastest winning time in Boston Marathon history.Korir embraced his older brother, Wesley Korir, the 2012 Boston Marathon winner, at the finish line. The siblings are the first brothers — or relatives of any kind — to win the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon.
BOSTON —Right on Hereford, left on Boylston and straight into the history books — but first the champions of the 129th Boston Marathon had to make it to the finish line and break the tape.
What’s it like to be a part of that moment with the fastest marathoner in the field?
What’s it like to hold the tape for the champions of the 129th Boston Marathon? David Tyrie, Bank of America’s president for global marketing, held the tape for men’s champion John Korir and shared his first-person video from the finish line.
Korir finished the race in 2:04:45, the second-fastest winning time in Boston Marathon history.
Korir embraced his older brother, Wesley Korir, the 2012 Boston Marathon winner, at the finish line. The siblings are the first brothers — or relatives of any kind — to win the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon.
