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Photos: Boston Marathon 2015

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April 20, 2015, 3:04 PM

Runners cross the start line in the women’s division of Boston Marathon Monday, April 20, 2015 in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
AP Photo/Stephan Savoia
Runners approach the finish line during the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
AP Photo/Charles Krupa
Dr. Bryan Lyons, top, pushes Rick Hoyt in the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, as they pass through Natick, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
AP Photo/Steven Senne
Lucas Carr pushes Matt Brown over finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Shalane Flanagan, of Portland, Ore., crosses the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Women cheer for runners in front of Wellesley College during the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Wellesley, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
AP Photo/Steven Senne
Spectators display placards to runners in the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Natick, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
AP Photo/Steven Senne
Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, crosses the finish line to win the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
AP Photo/Charles Krupa
Caroline Rotich, of Kenya, wins the women’s division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
AP Photo/Charles Krupa
Caroline Rotich, of Kenya, wins the women’s division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
AP Photo/Charles Krupa
Carlos Arredondo, a 2013 Boston Marathon first-responder, distributes U.S. flags in the grandstand near the Boston Marathon finish line, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Carlos Arredondo, a 2013 Boston Marathon first-responder, and his wife, Melida, sit in the grandstand near the Boston Marathon finish line Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, acknowledges the crowd while holding his trophy after winning the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, breaks the tape at the finish line to win the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, crosses the finish line to win the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Runners, including Jeffrey Martin, center, of Edmonds, Wash., start the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
AP Photo/Stephan Savoia
Dustin Hicks, right, of Temple Terrace, Fla., proposes to Laura Bowerman after crossing the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Police officers patrol near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Police officers patrol near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Boston Marathon runner William Fitzgerald II, center, of Fishersville, Va., gets a hug from his wife, Elizabeth, and children McKina and Miles in Boston, before boarding a shuttle bus to the starting line in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday April 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty
Race officials set up electronics at the starting line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
AP Photo/Stephan Savoia
Runners get off buses for the start of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
AP Photo/Stephan Savoia
Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, crosses the finish line to win the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
AP Photo/Charles Krupa
Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, leads the pack through Hopkinton, Mass., en route to a win in the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
AP Photo/Steven Senne
Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, lifts his trophy after winning the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015 in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Caroline Rotich, of Kenya, lifts her trophy after winning the women’s division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Boston Marathon winner Lelisa Desisa, left, of Ethiopia, and women’s division winner Caroline Rotich, of Kenya, pose with a trophy, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Frankline Chepkwony, front left, of Kenya, and Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, lead the pack up Heartbreak Hill during the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Newton, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
AP Photo/Steven Senne
Carlos Arredondo, a 2013 Boston Marathon first-responder, holds a “Boston Strong” banner in the grandstand near the Boston Marathon finish line, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Carlos Arredondo, a 2013 Boston Marathon first-responder, holds a “Boston Strong” banner beside his wife Melida, right, in the grandstand near the Boston Marathon finish line Monday, April 20, 2015 in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
Runners in the second wave of starters begin their trek to Boston after crossing the starting line at the 119th running of the Boston Marathon Monday, April 20, 2015, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
AP Photo/Stephan Savoia
A Massachusetts State Police officer watches runners get off buses for the start of the 119th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015 in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
AP Photo/Stephan Savoia
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The weather was cold and damp but the atmosphere festive at Monday’s running of the Boston Marathon, two years after pressure-cooker bombs exploded at the finish line and shattered one of sports’ most cherished events.

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