(New York) Ethiopian Tamirat Tola won the New York marathon on Sunday in 2 hours 4 minutes and 58 seconds, a new American race record.
Starting with the best time of the entrants after the withdrawals of the Kenyan favorites Evans Chebet and Geoffrey Kamworor, he took the lead to complete the second part of the race alone in the lead.
He finished ahead of the Kenyan Albert Korir (1 minute and 59 sec), winner in New York in 2021, and the Ethiopian Shura Kitata (+2 min 13 sec). Tola also beats the record for the most famous marathon in the world, which had stood since 2011.
Tamirat Tola, world distance champion in Eugene in 2022, was unable to defend his title in Budapest this summer, forced to withdraw due to stomach problems.
Kenyan Hellen Obiri wins the women’s race
PHOTO MIKE SEGAR, REUTERS
At 33, Obiri achieved his second marathon victory this year, a year after his debut in the distance and seven months after his victory in the Boston Marathon.
Kenyan Hellen Obiri won the New York marathon on Sunday, the last major marathon of the year, in 2 hours 27 minutes and 23 seconds.
The women started off very slowly before suddenly accelerating at 35e kilometer and it was finally Obiri who sprinted ahead of the Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey (6 seconds) and the Kenyan Sharon Lokedi (10 seconds), who won in New York last year.
At 33, Obiri achieved his second marathon victory this year, a year after his debut in the distance and seven months after his victory in the Boston Marathon.