Yesterday, a new edition of one of the most popular races in the world was held. Kenyan Geoffrey Kamworor was the fastest of all.
There was a party atmosphere in New York, United States, within the framework of the new edition of the world’s most popular marathon. On this occasion, and under a sunny sky, Geoffrey Kamworor kept the gold medal.
After 2:08:13 of career, the 26-year-old Kenyan crossed the finish line in the first place, and established himself as the best for the second time in the last three years. The athlete was one of the candidates, especially after having set a new half marathon record in September (58:10).
New York Marathon 2019
In second place came compatriot Albert Korir (2:08:36) and third Ethiopian Alemu Bekele Gebre, two seconds later.
Refering to the general women’s category, Joyciline Jepkosgei was the first to cross the finish line completing the competition in 2 hours, 22 minutes and 38 seconds. In second and third place came Kenyan Mary Keitany and Ethiopian Ruti Aga, respectively. With the time reached, the Kenyan was seven seconds away from the event record.
With regard to men in wheelchairs, the American Daniel Romanchuk retained the title he knew to get in the 2018 competition by crossing the final line in 1 hour 37 minutes 24 seconds. The Paralympic athlete returned to victory after becoming the first American and the youngest athlete to win in the category with 20 years. The Swiss Marcel Hug and the British David Weir completed the podium.
Wheelchair Winners
In the women’s category, meanwhile, the Swiss Manuela Schar again prevailed in her division for the third time in a row at the New York Marathon after completing the circuit in 1 hour 44 minutes and 20 seconds. The athlete dominated from beginning to end and demonstrated her superiority by achieving her seventh triumph in the discipline in general, surpassing the American Tatana McFaddden as the most winning female wheelchair marathoner in the world. The American and Kenyan Scaroni completed the podium.
As the organization of the sporting event said in a statement, 11 former champions, 13 Olympic athletes, 19 Paralympics and 14 winners of the World Marathon Majors ran.
Sunday 11/03 NY Marathon 2019
The marathon is considered the most important in the world because of the volume of participants and the attention it receives, since this year there were more than 1 million people who watched the race from the streets of New York.
In addition, 12,000 people worked as volunteers in the organization, which started in Staten Island and ended in Manhattan. In addition, 60,000 bottles of water and 32,000 bananas were distributed to the corridors.
In total, $ 855,000 in prizes are awarded in the competition, 100,000 for each of the winners in the male and female category, and another 25,000 for the winners in the wheelchair category.
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