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Bill Rodgers won the race four times. Rodgers Rop won the 2002 New York City Marathon. Marílson Gomes dos Santos, who won the 2006 and 2008 New York City Marathons, is the first and only Brazilian to win the race. Geoffrey Mutai won the 2011 and 2013 New York City Marathons, and held the course record for twelve years. Current course record.
The 2020 New York City Marathon was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the following year's race would instead be the 50th running. It was the first cancellation in 8 years. [ 63 ] Entrants were offered a refund or guaranteed complimentary entry to future New York City marathons.
The 2021 New York City Marathon, the 50th running of that city's premier long-distance race, was held on November 7, 2021. Around 30,000 people ran in the event, of whom 25,020 finished. The race followed its traditional route, which passes through all five boroughs of New York City . The elite races were won by Albert Korir and Peres ...
Rosie M. Vivas[ 1] ( née Ruiz; June 21, 1953 – July 8, 2019) [ 2] was a Cuban fraudster who, among other schemes, was declared the winner in the female category for the 84th Boston Marathon in 1980, only to have her title stripped eight days after the race when it was discovered that she had not run the entire course.
The 2022 New York City Marathon was sponsored by Indian company Tata Consultancy Services. [4] The prize money for the winners of the elite men and women's event was $100,000. The winners of the wheelchair races received $25,000 each, and there were prizes of $50,000 for breaking the course record. The total prize fund was $870,000. [5]
Tamirat Tola wasn't thinking about breaking the New York City Marathon course record as he was running by himself in Central Park for the last few miles of the race. The Ethiopian runner broke the ...
In the women’s wheelchair race, his compatriot Catherine Debrunner won her first New York City marathon with a course record of 1:39.32, more than eight minutes ahead of three-time champion ...
Shalane Grace Flanagan (born July 8, 1981) is an American long-distance runner, Olympic medalist and New York City Marathon champion. She was the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon since 1977. She holds the NACAC area records in both the 10k and 15k road races. [1]