In his New York City Marathon debut, Ethiopian Gebre Gebremariam won the 26.2 mile-race, finishing strong in Central Park to finish first in a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 14 seconds (2:08.14).
Gebre Gebremaria
m was running alongside Kenyan Emmanuel Mutai for the final miles of the New York City Marathon through Central Park, but pulled away for a strong finish for the title. Kenya wasn't shut out in the NYC Marathon though. Edna Kiplagat had a similar strong finish to take first place in the women's division in a time of 2:28.20. Right behind Edna Kiplagat was American Shalane Flanagan, who finished second in her first New York City Marathon, 20 seconds behind Kiplagat at 2:28.40.
m was running alongside Kenyan Emmanuel Mutai for the final miles of the New York City Marathon through Central Park, but pulled away for a strong finish for the title. Kenya wasn't shut out in the NYC Marathon though. Edna Kiplagat had a similar strong finish to take first place in the women's division in a time of 2:28.20. Right behind Edna Kiplagat was American Shalane Flanagan, who finished second in her first New York City Marathon, 20 seconds behind Kiplagat at 2:28.40.Those are some pretty impressive debuts for Flanagan and Gebre Gebremariam, who started the race among a record field of 45,344 runners, according to the New York Times.
Another big story in the NYC Marathon was record-holder Haile Gebrselassie dropping out of the marathon halfway through the race. He dropped out with an existing knee injury at the Queensboro Bridge and cleared the way for fellow Ethiopian Gebramariam to take the title.
Still on the course is rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena, who is hoping to finish the race in six hours.
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