Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei surprised this Sunday by becoming the first woman in the last 25 years to win the New York marathon in her debut, with a time of 2h.22.38, while her compatriot Geoffrey Kamworor won the men's test for the second time , with a 2h mark: 08.13.
The American Desiree Linden was ahead of the group that led the race in the first half of the course, but the trio formed by the Kenyan Jepkosgei and Mary Keitany , and the Ethiopian Ruti Aga , attacked hard and ended the hopes of the hosts that One of your representatives will win.
Keitany, 37 and the favorite in the women's category after winning the New York marathon four times, was second with a time of 2h.23.32 to be surpassed by the power of the young Jepkosgei in the last 5 kilometers of the race. Ruti Aga, another of the outstanding athletes in this edition after winning this year with the Tokyo marathon, was third with a time of 2h.25.51.
Abandonment of Desisa
The male test was especially contested. At kilometer 28 the leading group was formed by more than a dozen runners that was reduced to five after kilometer 32. Kamworor won with a time of 2h: 08.13 and achieved his second victory in New York after the one achieved in 2017. He did it after marking a world record in the distance of half marathon in Copenhagen last September (58:01).
Second was another representative of Kenya, Albert Korir , with a mark of 2h: 08: 36, who was closely followed by the Ethiopian Girma Bekele Gebre (2h: 08.38). Another of the surprises of the race was starred by one of the favorites, the Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa , who won the New York marathon last year and won the gold at the past World Athletics Championships in Doha, but who retired from Sunday the competition at kilometer 11.
In the wheelchair category, the Swiss Manuela Schar won for the third time in a row in women with a time of 1: 44.20, and the young American Daniel Romanchuk , who won in 2018 at age 20, returned to be first in the test after crossing the finish line in 1: 32.24.
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