Albert Korir and Peres Jepchirchir leave rivals in their wake to secure Kenyan double at 50th New York Marathon
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Updated 07/11/2021 at 17:18 GMT
Kenyan Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir and countryman Albert Kiror won the women's and men's races at the 50th New York Marathon on Sunday. Jepchirchir kicked away from Viola Cheptoo and Abadel Yeshaneh in the final mile to win the women's race while Kiror to turned in a dominant performance to come home in two hours, eight minutes and 22 seconds.
Men's division winner Albert Korir of Kenya crosses the finish line during the 2021 TCS New York City Marathon in New York on November 7, 2021. - After a forced break in 2020, the New York City Marathon is back on for its 50th edition, and with it the cou
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Albert Korir and Peres Jepchirchir secured a Kenyan double at the 50th New York Marathon on Sunday.
Korir finished second in the men’s race two years ago but went one better this time around as he put in a dominant performance to come home in two hours, eight minutes and 22 seconds.
The 27-year-old had put distance between himself and the chasing pack by the 20-mile mark and he looked assured of victory from that point on.
By contrast, the women’s race was a much tighter affair as Jepchirchir, Viola Cheptoo and Abadel Yeshaneh were neck and neck heading into the final mile.
In the end it was Jepchirchir who found the energy to kick away from the pack and seal an historic double as she claimed the women’s race just three months after she won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Meanwhile, reigning Paralympic champion Marcel Hug won the men’s wheelchair race in a time of 1:31:24, coming home more than six minutes ahead of the rest of the field.
Australian Madison de Rozario came home first in the women’s wheelchair race in 1:51:01, having also won Paralympic gold in Tokyo.
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