CHAMPS. GOOD MORNING MATT RHONDELLA AND DOUG. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE THAT EITHER RAN THE MARATHON, CHEERED ON THE MARATHON OR JUST WATCHED IT HERE ON CHANNEL FIVE. AGAIN, JUST A WONDERFUL DAY. AND YESTERDAY REALLY WAS A REMINDER OF WHY THE MARATHON REALLY IS THE BEST DAY IN THE CITY. AND THE 128TH BOSTON MARATHON. IT LIVED UP TO THE HYPE. IT WAS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS FOR WINNERS, FOUR VERY DIFFERENT JOURNEYS TO THE FINISH LINE. WE’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THOSE CHAMPIONS LATER THIS MORNING. BUT IN THE PROFESSIONAL RUNNERS DIVISION, IT WAS ETHIOPIA’S SISAY LEMMA TOOK THE FIRST PLACE IN THE MEN’S RACE, WITH A TIME OF TWO HOURS, SIX MINUTES AND 17 SECONDS FOR PRO WOMEN. KENYA’S. HELLEN OBIRI SCORED HER SECOND VICTORY IN A ROW HERE IN BOSTON WITH A TIME OF TWO HOURS, 22 MINUTES AND 37 SECONDS, OBIRI WINNING BY ONLY EIGHT SECONDS. THE CLOSEST RACE WE HAD IN THE TOP FOUR DIVISIONS YESTERDAY. NOW IN THE WOMEN’S WHEELCHAIR DIVISION, EDEN RAINBOW COOPER TOOK THE CROWN WITH A TIME OF ONE HOUR, 35 MINUTES AND 11 SECONDS. SHE’S ALSO THE FIRST ATHLETE FROM GREAT BRITAIN TO WIN THE BOSTON MARATHON, AND DID SO WITHOUT A SPONSOR. NOW A SCARY MOMENT DID NOT STOP. MARCEL HUG FROM SETTING A NEW COURSE RECORD. THE SWISS NATIVE CRASHED INTO A BARRIER IN NEWTON BUT STILL FINISHED WITH A TIME OF ONE HOUR, 15 MINUTES AND 32 SECONDS, MAKING HIM A SEVEN TIME BOSTON CHAMPION. IT JUST HAD TOO MUCH, WAY TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON THE ON THE STEERING, SO IT WAS MY FAULT IT DIDN’T STEER PROPERLY. THEN I WENT INTO THE BARRIERS, BUT LUCKILY MY MATERIAL WAS WAS OKAY SO I COULD GET UP AND GO FORWARD. NEARLY 30,000 RUNNERS FINISHED THE 26.2 MILES IN THE SUN YESTERDAY. THE HEAT WAS ABSOLUTELY A MAJOR FACTOR, WITH SOME PEOPLE NEEDING TO BE HELPED ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. THE B.A.A. SAYS AT LEAST 77 PEOPLE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL