"Eden Rainbow-Cooper won the women's wheelchair division of the 2026 Boston Marathon Monday, cruising to her second Boston victory in 1:30:51. She opened a decisive lead early in the race and maintained her dominant position throughout the course's punishing hills."
"With her landmark Boston victory in 2024, Rainbow-Cooper became the first woman from Great Britain to win the division. She managed to shave more than four minutes off her 2024 personal best of 1:35:11."
"Boston 'feels like home,' she told WCVB following the race. 'Every time I come here, there's a little piece of me that stays here.'"
Eden Rainbow-Cooper, 24, won the women's wheelchair division of the 2026 Boston Marathon with a time of 1:30:51, marking her second victory. She established a significant lead early in the race, finishing over two minutes ahead of second-place Catherine Debrunner. Although she fell short of the course record, Rainbow-Cooper's victory follows her historic win in 2024, making her the first British woman to win this division. She improved her personal best by over four minutes despite a previous back injury.
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