Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won the 50th running of the New York City Marathon, surviving a thrilling three-way battle before sprinting for the finish line, and fellow Kenyan Albert Korir won the men's race
Jepchirchir is the first athlete to pick up Olympic gold and win the famed five-borough race in the same year as she crossed the finishing line in two hours, 22 minutes and 39 seconds, with compatriot Viola Cheptoo and Ethiopian Ababel Yeshaneh finishing second and third respectively.
American Molly Seidel, who took home the bronze from the Tokyo Games, finished fourth and disclosed after the race that she broke two of her ribs a month ago and had considered withdrawing. Korir, who finished second in 2019, was trailing 52 seconds behind the leaders at the halfway point but had established a 17-second lead through the 35-kilometre mark.Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's Marathon - Sapporo Odori Park, Sapporo, Japan - August 7, 2021.
The temperature hovered around 40 degrees Fahrenheit on Staten Island at the start of the marathon at 8 a.m. ET, after going on hiatus for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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