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Mary Keitany, Ghirmay Ghebreslassie win NYC Marathon
Posted 9:39 AM, November 6, 2016, by Associated Press, Updated at
12:03pm, November 6, 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Keitany and Ghirmay Ghebreslassie came in first
place in the women’s and men’s heats, respectively, of the 2016 TCS
New York City Marathon.
Keitany is from Kenya and this win is her third consecutive TCS New
York City Marathon title.
Her time was 2:24:26.
Ghebreslassie, 20, from Eritrea, is a decorated runner with several
wins under his belt. He became the youngest ever world marathon winner
at age 19 when he won gold at the IAAF World Championships.
The five-borough marathon, the world’s largest, is marking its
milestone 40th anniversary.
About 50,000 runners from more than 120 countries will start the
26.2-mile race Sunday morning on Staten Island and cross the
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
It all began in 1970 when 126 men and one woman circled Central Park.
Six years later, 2,000 amateurs took to the streets of New York,
touching all five boroughs for the first time.
The winner was Bill Rodgers, then and three more times.
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Received on Sun Nov 06 2016 - 12:09:52 EST