NEW YORK: Shalane Flanagan became the primary American lady in 40 years to win the New York City Marathon, which went forward on Sunday simply 5 days after a dangerous Manhattan truck attack that left 8 other folks dead.
Flanagan, who no longer did run this yr's Boston Marathon due to a again damage, captured her first primary world marathon crown in an unofficial time of 2hrs 26minutes 53secs.
Kenya's Mary Keitany, who was chasing her fourth consecutive New York victory, settled for 2nd, 61 seconds again, with Ethiopia's Mamitu Daska third in 2:28:08.
At age 36, Flanagan became the primary US lady to win on the streets of the Big Apple since Miki Gorman in 1977.
Flanagan, the 2010 New York marathon runner-up, was sixth in last yr's Rio Olympic marathon. She was the 10,000m runner-up on the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
After a sluggish pace within the first half of the race, Keitany took the lead simply after the midpoint and surged at 15 miles, shrinking the front pack to nine sooner than slowing the pace as soon as once more.
At 21 miles, Keitany, Flanagan and Daska pulled away and at mile 23, Flanagan grabbed the lead for excellent.
Expanded safety covered the direction of the world-famous race, which saw an estimated 50,000 runners from more than 125 countries compete over 26.2 miles (42.1km) across the town streets.
Flanagan, who no longer did run this yr's Boston Marathon due to a again damage, captured her first primary world marathon crown in an unofficial time of 2hrs 26minutes 53secs.
Kenya's Mary Keitany, who was chasing her fourth consecutive New York victory, settled for 2nd, 61 seconds again, with Ethiopia's Mamitu Daska third in 2:28:08.
At age 36, Flanagan became the primary US lady to win on the streets of the Big Apple since Miki Gorman in 1977.
Flanagan, the 2010 New York marathon runner-up, was sixth in last yr's Rio Olympic marathon. She was the 10,000m runner-up on the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
After a sluggish pace within the first half of the race, Keitany took the lead simply after the midpoint and surged at 15 miles, shrinking the front pack to nine sooner than slowing the pace as soon as once more.
At 21 miles, Keitany, Flanagan and Daska pulled away and at mile 23, Flanagan grabbed the lead for excellent.
Expanded safety covered the direction of the world-famous race, which saw an estimated 50,000 runners from more than 125 countries compete over 26.2 miles (42.1km) across the town streets.
Flanagan wins New York Marathon women's crown
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November 05, 2017
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