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In 2010, John Hancock celebrated the 25th year of its landmark sponsorship of the Boston Marathon. Check out photos taken during Marathon Weekend.

John Hancock Financial Services President Jim Boyle (left) holds the finish tape as 2010 men's winner Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot sets a new 2:05:52 course record.

Kenyan Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot raises his hands in celebration as he crosses the finish line.

2010 women's champion Teyba Erkesso, of Ethiopia, crosses the finish line only three seconds ahead of Russian runner-up Tatyana Pushkareva.

Men's champion Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot and women's winner Teyba Erkesso were among more than 40 elite athletes recruited for the 2010 John Hancock Elite Athlete Team.

Students at the Elmwood Elementary School in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, celebrate the arrival of the 2010 John Hancock Elite Kenyan Team for the Adopt-a-Marathoner Program.

2009 Boston Marathon Champion Salina Kosgei points out African birds in the Franklin Park Zoo to Boston school children at the 2010 Boston Marathon Kenya Project.

John Hancock AVP Robert Friedman (rear, 2nd from left) and SVP Carol Fulp (rear, 3rd from right) join students, elite athletes, and Boston city and school officials at the Kenya Project.

Salina Kosgei and Hopkinton students share topics of cultural interest at the Adopt-a-Marathoner Program.

The welcome pep rally at the Adopt-a-Marathoner Program gets off to a rock star start.

Elmwood students perform an African dance for elite athletes and invited guests.

As Kenyan athletes enter the Elmwood gym, they dance and greet the students.

Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot enjoys a noisy moment at the Adopt-a-Marathoner Program before winning the Boston Marathon four days later in course record time.

John Hancock EVP Jim Gallagher introduces the John Hancock Elite Athlete team to the media at the John Hancock Press Conference on Friday before the race.

Rick Hoyt and Manulife's Denise Robson share training tips at the press conference. Robson holds the Canadian masters women's record in the marathon.

John Hancock "Marathon on the Road" winners enjoy a private tour and lunch at the Elite Athlete Village set up at the John Hancock Conference Center in Boston.

Marathon on the Road winners take a tour of the Elite Athlete Village.

The 2010 Adopt-a-Marathoner Program marked its 18th successful year during an eventful race week.

The trademark John Hancock logo at Fenway Park symbolizes the strong partnership between the Red Sox and the Company.

"Marathon on the Road" winner Bo Barrett throws out the first pitch prior to a Red Sox game during Boston Marathon weekend at Fenway Park.

Guests watch the popular course-preview video at John Hancock's display booth at the John Hancock Sports & Fitness Expo.

The course-preview video is a hit with runners new to the challenging Hopkinton to Boston course.

John Hancock's display booth at the John Hancock Sports & Fitness Expo provides information to more than 80,000 visitors during race weekend.

John Hancock Financial Services President Jim Boyle (left) and Team Hoyt

BAA Executive Director Guy Morse (right) presents John Hancock EVP Jim Gallagher (left) with a trophy honoring John Hancock's significant 25-year sponsorship of the Boston Marathon.

The elite women are off to a quick start at the 114th Boston Marathon.

The elite women start the race 28 minutes before the elite men and the first wave of runners.

Top Americans Ryan Hall (USA, left) and Meb Keflezighi (USA, right) begin the race motivated to be the first American winner since 1983.

Team Hoyt, sponsored by John Hancock, have participated in more than 1,000 athletic events together-from marathons to triathlons and road races of every distance.

Dick Hoyt pushes his son Rick across the starting line in Hopkinton.

More than 25,000 runners begin the race each year in Hopkinton and run a challenging course through eight cities and town before ending in Boston at mile 26.2.

Team Hoyt

The elite women pass the "Scream Tunnel" at Wellesley College.

2009 Boston champion Deriba Merga of Ethiopia, challenges eventual 2010 winner Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot of Kenya as the two men surge away from the lead pack.

Robert Kprono Cheruiyot floats in the air as he passes a John Hancock elite athlete water station.

The men's lead pack holds together through Natick and Wellesley.

The men's push-rim wheelchair start always proves exciting.

Teyba Erkesso and Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot celebrate post race as they accept their prize awards sponsored by John Hancock.

Over 26 miles in combat boots and our nation's finest are still going strong.

John Hancock VP, Counsel & Corporate Secretary Manny Alves, holds the tape for men's push-rim wheelchair winner Ernst Van Dyk.

Ernst Van Dyk, a record nine-time champion of the Boston Marathon, holds the push-rim wheelchair marathon world best, set in Boston in 2004.

Women's champion Teyba Erkesso kneels in exhausted thanks at the Boylston Street finish line.

Left to Right: John Hancock SVP Carol Fulp, Massachusetts Govenor Deval Patrick, women's winner Teyba Erkesso, BAA Executive Director Guy Morse and BAA Board of Governor Joann Flaminio at the finish line ceremony.

Boston Mayor Tom Menino (left), John Hancock EVP Jim Gallagher (center, in green tie) and the BAA's Guy Morse (right) with Men's Winner Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (back turned, in John Hancock towel)