Second in the previous edition in 2019 won by his compatriot Geoffrey Kamworor, that of last year having been canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Korir won in 2 hours 8 minutes and 22 seconds.
He was 44 seconds ahead of the Moroccan Mohamed El Aaraby and the Italian Eyob Faniel, 3rd, relegated to 1 min 30 sec, who had been the first to animate the race by escaping slightly at the 15th km until counting 51 seconds. mid-term advance.
“The race was not easy, but I had fun. When I implemented my tactics, it worked,” the 28-year-old Kenyan commented hotly.
The latter, in the company of his compatriot Kibiwott Kandie, indeed chose this moment to join El Aaraby and Faniek at the 30th km, and further accelerate the pace without any of his competitors managing to cling to him.
Among them was Kenenisa Bekele, who was not at the party for his first participation in the prestigious New York event, where he was aiming for nothing less than victory while having the world record for the distance in mind. .
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Aged 39, the Ethiopian middle-distance and long-distance legend, triple Olympic gold medalist (over 10,000m in 2004 and 2008 and over 5,000m also in 2008) finally finished in 6th place. Even less well than in Berlin, a month and a half ago, where he finished 3rd.
Among women, Peres Jepchirchir has demonstrated that she is indeed the queen of the specialty, four months after her Olympic coronation in Tokyo this summer.
“It was not planned, it’s incredible. I thank God for helping me to end the season well, after winning the Olympic marathon. I had little time to prepare, but I do my best to make sure I finish the job well“, she reacted.
The 28-year-old Kenyan, who put in a terrible acceleration in the last corners of Central Park, won in 2 hours 22 minutes and 39 seconds, five seconds ahead of her compatriot Viola Cheptoo and the Ethiopian Ababel Yeshaneh, 3rd.
“I felt something I never felt before finishing a marathon. I don’t know where the energy was coming from. Thank God it came to me in the last few minutes,” he said. she confided.
Jepchirchir, who succeeds another Kenyan, Joyciline Jepkosgei, is the first Olympic gold medalist to win the New York marathon, which this year had some 30,000 participants.
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