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This Day in Observe & Subject/Marathon-November 4
TCS NY Metropolis Marathon
1990—The race was devoted to race director and NYRR president Fred Lebow battling mind most cancers.
Poland’s Wanda Panfil (2:30:45) held off runner-up American Kim Jones (2:30:50) by simply 5 seconds within the closest ladies’s end thus far. Trying to achieve a tenth New York Metropolis Marathon victory after two years of accidents, Norway’s Grete Waitz (2:34:34) completed fourth and shortly introduced her retirement. 1988 U.S. Olympian Nancy Ditz completed 8th in 2:37:15.
The lads’s race winner was Kenya’s Douglas Wakiihuri (2:12:39), the 1987 World Champion and 1988 Olympic silver medalist. 4th was Tanzania’s Juma Ikangaa (2:14:32), the defending champion.
Runners needed to cope with temperatures within the 70s.
Different Notable Finishers (Whole-23,739)
Males: 2.Salvador García (Mexico) 2:13:19…5.John Campbell (41/New Zealand) 2:14:34…29.Gerry O’Hara (1st American!) 2:26:15; DNF-Ken Martin (USA)
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/901104/finishers
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pDfFsyUno0
2001—The occasion took on added significance this 12 months, with town nonetheless reeling within the aftermath 9/11.
Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Jifar (2:07:43) and Kenya’s Margaret Okayo (2:24:21) have been winners.
Deena Kastor completed 7th in 2:26:58 to take the U.S. title.
The race had a big course change, with runners getting into Central Park at ninetieth Road as an alternative of 102nd Road, eliminating a brief however steep hill.
Different Notable Finishers
Males: 2.Japhet Kosgei (Kenya) 2:09:19, 3.Rodgers Rop (Kenya) 2:09:51…5.Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa/would win in 2004) 2:11:18…7.John Kagwe (Kenya/winner in 1997, 1998) 2:11:57, 8.Joseph Chebet (Kenya/winner in 1999) 2:13:07…13.Scott Larson (1st American) 2:15:26
Ladies: 2. Susan Chepkemei (Kenya) 2:25:12, 3.Svetlana Zakharova (Russia) 2:25:13, 4. Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya/would win in 2002) 2:25:51…6.Lyudmila Petrova (Russia/defending champion) 2:26:18…10.Elana Meyer (South Africa) 2:31:43
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/b11106/finishers
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.911memorial.org/join/weblog/remembering-2001-nyc-marathon
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a24492717/nyc-marathon-after-september-11/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WaG-xAjD6w
2007-Martin Lel of Kenya returned for his second New York Metropolis Marathon and outsprinted Morocco’s Abderrahim Goumri (2:09:16) to win once more in 2:09:04, the day after Ryan Corridor ran 2:09:03 to win the U.S. Olympic Group Trials – Males’s Marathon, hosted by the NYRR in Central Park. In a front-running tour de drive, Paula Radcliffe of Nice Britain led from the beginning and at last dropped Ethiopia’s Gete Wami (2:23:32) with 400 meters remaining; Radcliffe received in 2:23:09, one second quicker than her profitable time in 2004.
Different Notable Finishers
Males: 3. Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa/2004 winner) 2:11:25, 4. Stefano Baldini (Italy/2004 Olympic champion) 2:11:58…8.Marílson Gomes dos Santos (Brazil/winner in 2006, 2008) 2:13:47
Ladies: 3. Jeļena Prokopčuka (Latvia/2-time defending champion) 2:26:13…5.Catherine Ndereba (Kenya/World Champion-2003,2007) 2:29:08, 6.Elva Dryer 2:35:15, 7.Robyn Friedman 2:39:19, 8.Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 2:41:58, 9.Melisa Christian 2:42:07, 10.Alvina Begay 2:42:46
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/a71104/finishers
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/sports activities/04iht-athletics4.8180917.html
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20791606/paula-radcliffe-wins-nyc-marathon-com/
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPJYc-_3aXk
2012—The official race might need been canceled the day earlier than. Nonetheless, virtually 2,000 entered runners, a lot of whom had already traveled to NYC from world wide, confirmed up in Central Park on the day the Marathon was alleged to happen and ran 4 loops of the park, simply as runners did when the occasion began in 1970.
Runners have been requested to donate meals, clothes, and cash that may be given to victims of Superstorm Sandy.
“This will likely sound tacky,” mentioned Caroline Lewis, 39, from Wales, who was there to cheer for her husband David. “However that is such an ideal instance of that American spirit that you just discover a strategy to stand up and preserve going.”
2018—Kenya’s Mary Keitany and Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa have been the winners on the 48th TCS NY Metropolis Marathon on a lovely fall day.
It was the 4th NY win for Keitany, who additionally received in 2014, 2015, & 2016. She was 2nd in 2017 to Shalane Flanagan, who completed a creditable 3rd (2:26:22) behind Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot (2:26:02) at present. Molly Huddle completed 4th (2:26:44), Des Linden 6th (2:27:51), and Allie Kiefer 7th (2:28:12) to provide the U.S. 4 top-10 finishers. Keitany’s profitable time of two:22:48 was the twond-fastest ever run in NY (Behind Margaret Okayo’s Course File of two:22:31, set in 2003).
Keitany was inducted into the NYRR Corridor of Fame tonight.
It was the primary win for Desisa, who had beforehand completed 2nd (2014) and threerd (2015, 2017) in NY. As with Keitany, his profitable time of two:05:59 was the twond quickest ever run in NY (behind Geoffrey Mutai’s then-CR of two:05:06, set in 2011). And Ethiopia’s Shura Kitata (2:06:01) and Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor (2:06:26), the defending champion, at the moment are 4-5 on the all-time NY record). Desisa pulled away from Kamworor within the final mile, then held off a late cost by Kitata.
The U.S. additionally had 4 top-10 finishers within the males’s race 6. Jared Ward (2:12:24), 7.Scott Fauble (2:12:28), 9. Shadrack Biwott (2:12:52), 10.Chris Derrick (2:13:08).
A month shy of his forty fourth birthday, Bernard Lagat completed 18th (2:17:20) in his debut on the distance.
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/M2018/finishers
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_New_York_City_Marathon
Publish Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyhlhUbYzXs
https://www.letsrun.com/occasions/2018/11/2018-tcs-new-york-city-marathon
Previous NY Metropolis Marathon Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
Media Information (2024)
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