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Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola Sets New York City Marathon Men's Course Record; Kenya's Hellen Obiri Wins Women's Race

Obiri clinches her win with a final burst of speed, her finish time at 2 hours 27 minutes 23 seconds, while Tola's course record of 2:04:58 quashes concerns about his fitness after he withdrew from the world championships in Budapest this summer. Tola and Debrunner also secure additional bonuses of $50,000 each for beating the previous course records.

Overview

  • Ethiopian Tamirat Tola sets a new course record at the New York City Marathon with a finish time of 2:04:58, beating the previous record set in 2011.
  • Kenya's Hellen Obiri secures her win in the women’s race with a final burst of speed, finishing at 2 hours 27 minutes 23 seconds, marking her second title this year after winning the Boston Marathon.
  • Both Tola and Obiri additionally secure bonuses of $50,000 each for beating the previous course records.
  • Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner, both from Switzerland, won the men’s and women’s wheelchair races respectively, with Hug setting a record-extending sixth victory and Debrunner setting a new course record.
  • Despite concerns about Tola's fitness due to his withdrawal from the world championships in Budapest this summer, he quelled those concerns with his record-setting performance in New York.