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Eritrean native and U.S. citizen Meb Keflezighi was the first U.S. male athlete to win the Boston Marathon in 30 years with an emotional finish in a city still recovering from last year’s fatal bombing, according to a report in Haaretz.

Keflezighi pulled ahead of a pack of elite African runners halfway through the race and faced off a late challenge by Kenya’s Wilson Chebet as the Boston crowd chanted “USA! USA!” His official time was two hours, eight minutes and 37 seconds.

Ernst Van Dyk of South Africa won the men’s wheelchair race, finishing in 1:20:36 to claim his 10th title, according to the Washington Post.

Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo claimed her second consecutive win, breaking a 12-year course record with an official time of two hours, 18 minutes and 57 seconds, Haaretz reports. American Shalane Flanagan had led the women for the first 20 miles of the 26.2-mile (42.2-km) race.

Flanagan, who finished seventh, gave a tearful TV interview after the race.

“I love Boston so much and I really wanted to do it for this city,” she said. “I’m so sad I couldn’t do it for Boston.”

Three people including an 8-year-old boy were killed and 264 injured when two Chechen brothers left homemade bombs to explode at the finish line.

More than 35,750 runners from 96 countries competed in the 118th Boston Marathon, the second-largest in history.

Among the female runners, Buzunesh Deba of Ethiopia was second and compatriot Mare Dibaba placed third. Both broke the previous course record of 2:20:43 set in 2002 by Margaret Okayno of Kenya.

Among the male runners, Wilson Chebet of Kenya finished second and Frankline Chepkwony, also of Kenya, was third.

Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach of Michigan was the last American athlete to stand on the podium in 1985 when she won the women’s race. For men it’s been longer still. Greg Meyer of Massachusetts won in 1983.

Race organizers expanded the field by 9,000 runners this year to allow the roughly 5,000 athletes left on the course last year when the bombs went off near the finish line another chance to compete.