Peres Jepchirchir is the first Olympic gold medalist to win the New York event. Albert Korir had finished second in the previous edition in 2019.
Le Monde with AP and AFP
The Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir, Gold Medalist at the Tokyo Olympics This summer, won the New York marathon in 2 hours 22 minutes and 39 seconds, Sunday, November 7th. Aged 28, she offered her five seconds her compatriot Viola Cheptoo and Ethiopian Ababel Yeshaneh, 3 e .
Jepchirchir succeeds the palmares to another Kenyan, Joyciline Jepkosgei, who had imposed in 2019, the edition of 2020 has been canceled because of the Pandemic of Covid-19. She is the first Olympic gold medalist in winning the prestigious New York test, which celebrates this year its 50 e edition.
Nearly 30,000 riders participated in the event in a city where more than 34,000 people died of CVIV-19 and the organizers hoped for an edition of anthology, such as the one organized two months after the attacks of September 11th .
Revenge for Albert Korir
In men is Kényan Albert Korir who won the event in 2 hours 8 minutes and 22 seconds. Second of the previous edition in 2019, he preceded the Moroccan El Arraby and Italian Eyob Faniel, 3 e .
In search of a victory, or even the world record of the distance, for his very first participation in the big apple, Ethiopian KENENISA BEKELE is, he spent next to his race.