
Photos: Scenes from the Marathon

A woman wiped a tear as the crowd cheered at the site of last year's first bombing on Boylston Street after a moment of silence at 2:49pm.
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| April 21, 2014

Meb Keflezighi crossed the finish line to become the first American winner of the men's race since 1983.
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| April 21, 2014

Keflezighi was ecstatic at the finish line.
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| April 21, 2014

Women's winner Rita Jeptoo crossed the finish line.
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| April 21, 2014

Jeptoo gave some love to her trophy.
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| April 21, 2014

Ernst Van Dyk, of South Africa, crossed the finish line to win the men's wheelchair division.
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| April 21, 2014

Women's wheelchair winner Tatyana Mcfadden crossed the finish line.
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| April 21, 2014

Bombing survivors Celeste Corcoran (center) and Sydney Corcoran (right) crossed the finish line with Celeste's sister, Carmen Acabbo.
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| April 21, 2014

Bombing survivors Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky crossed the finish line.
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| April 21, 2014

Paul Strong of Wakefield embraced his wife, Shannon, and son, Colin, during a moment of silence at 2:49 in front of Marathon Sports.
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| April 21, 2014

There were lots of exhausted runners at the finish line.
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| April 21, 2014

Elliott Layton, 33, of Indianapolis, hugged his mother, Linda, after he crossed the finish line.
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| April 21, 2014

The scene at the start of the Boston Marathon in Hopkinton.
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| April 21, 2014

Spectators stood at the site of the first bomb on Boylston Street as a small memorial sign for the victims of the 2013 bombings was tucked away.
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| April 21, 2014

(From left to right) Hannah Kiongo, of Peabody, Eunice Waweru, of Springfield, and Jane Wanja cheered on Jeptoo as she came down Boylston Street.
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| April 21, 2014

A long line of runners approached the finish line.
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| April 21, 2014

Josephine Bouquet, 22, of Maryland, wiped a tear away as she stood beside her mother, Yun, at the finish line before the start of the race. Josephine ran the Marathon last year, but was stopped about a mile from the finish when the bombs went off.
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| April 21, 2014

Two women displayed a sign from a window above the site where the first bomb went off last year at the finish line.
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| April 21, 2014

Susannah Scaroni raced down Boylston Street for a third-place finish.
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| April 21, 2014

Wheelchair racers passed a giant chalk heart as they climbed Heartbreak Hill in Newton.
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| April 21, 2014

Runners arrived to cheering crowds in Wellesley.
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| April 21, 2014

Bombing survivor Marc Fucarile, of Stoneham, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Red Sox game Monday.
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| April 21, 2014

The shadow of the crowd in Wellesley was outlined on the street.
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| April 21, 2014

Boston Marathon runners were cheered in downtown Framingham.
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| April 21, 2014
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The women's elite runners were packed together in Hopkinton.
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| April 21, 2014

Wellesley College students Antoinette Garcia ( left) and Taylor Pastuer held signs for the runners.
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| April 21, 2014

The elite men approached the first mile marker in Hopkinton.
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| April 21, 2014

Jubilant runners received high fives at the start of the race.
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| April 21, 2014

Meghan Dunn relaxed with other charity runners for Children's Hospital before the start of the Boston Marathon at the Masonic Lodge in Hopkinton.
Bill Greene/Globe Staff
| April 21, 2014

Bomb-sniffing dogs with various law enforcement agencies patrolled near the starting line.
Bill Greene/Globe Staff
| April 21, 2014

A peace sign topped one of the barricades near where the first bomb went off at the Boston Marathon last year.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
| April 21, 2014