2015 tcs new york city marathon

Kenyans Stanley Biwott, Mary Keitany win 2015 TCS New York City Marathon

By Eyewitness News
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Sandra Bookman has more.
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Kenya's Stanley Biwott and Mary Keitany have swept the titles at the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday as tens of thousands of runners competed in the 45th running of the marathon.

Biwott won his first major marathon title after finishing second in London last year. He finished in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 34 seconds, beating countryman Geoffrey Kamworor by 14 seconds. Reigning Boston Marathon champ Lelisa Desisa was third.
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40-year-old American Meb Keflezighi, the 2009 champ, finished seventh.

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Women's Race

Keitany is the first woman to repeat since Paula Radcliffe in 2008. The 33-year-old Kenyan defended her title Sunday in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, 25 seconds, beating Ethiopia's Aselefech Mergia by 67 seconds. Keitany pulled away around the 21-mile mark to become the eighth woman to win more than once in New York. She had twice finished third in New York before breaking through last year when she won by just 3 seconds. That was her first marathon since 2012 because of the birth of her second child.



Mergia is also coming back from a long break. Her daughter was born in July 2013 and she didn't run another marathon until winning in Dubai in January. Ethiopia's Tigist Tufa took third.
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Laura Thweatt of the U.S. was seventh in her marathon debut.

PHOTOS FROM THE RACE:
Mary Keitany of Kenya reacts as she crosses the finish line to win the professional women's athlete division.none
New York City Marathon winners Stanley Biwott, left, and Mary together after finishing , both from Kenya, hug at the finish line.none
Stanley Biwott of Kenya, left, crosses the finish line first in the men's division at the 2015 New York City Marathon.none
Stanley Biwott of Kenya leads the New York City Marathon at mile 24 in New York Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. Biwott went on to win.none
Mary Keitany, of Kenya, crosses the finish line first in the women's division at the 2015 New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.none
Mary Keitany of Kenya reacts as she crosses the finish line, winning the professional women's athlete division.none
The Lower Manhattan skyline can be seen in the distance as runners cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.none
Runners cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the New York City Marathon, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in New York.none
Runners cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the New York City Marathon, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in New York.none
Donna McFadden, right, adoptive mother of Tatyana McFadden plants a kiss on her after the young woman set a course record winning the women's wheelchair division.none
Ernst Van Dyk, of South Africa, left, and Tatyana McFadden, of the United States, pose after taking first place in the mens and women's wheelchair division.none
Tatyana McFadden, of the United States, celebrates as she wins the women's wheelchair division. McFadden set a new course record with 1:35:06 in the event.none
Ernst Van Dyck, of South Africa, celebrates after winning the men's wheelchair division.none
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is reflected in the goggles of a handcyclist as he crosses the span at the start of the New York City Marathon.none
Runners cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the New York City Marathon, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in New York.none
Runners cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the New York City Marathon, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in New York.none
A volunteer unpacks medals for runners who complete the New York City marathon at the marathon finish line in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.none
Volunteer Eri Miyasaka helps to arrange recovery blankets at the finish line before the start of the 2015 New York City Marathon.none
Runners rest near the starting line before the New York City Marathon in the Staten Island borough of New York Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.none
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Wheelchair Race

Tatyana McFadden has shattered the New York City Marathon women's wheelchair course record in sweeping four major marathons for the third straight year. The 26-year-old American finished Sunday in 1 hour, 43 minutes, 4 seconds. She again completed the Grand Slam of winning in London, Boston, Chicago and New York, extending her record streak. The previous record of 1:50:24 was set by Amanda McGrory in 2011.
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Tatyana McFadden, of the United States, crosses the finish line first in the women's wheelchair division at the 2015 New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.

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Ernst Van Dyk of South Africa won his second NYC Marathon title and first since 2005 in the men's race after finishing runner-up the last two years. He beat American Josh George by a second. Defending champion Kurt Fearnley of Australia fell out of his chair early in the race and came in fifth.
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