NEW YORK (AP) — 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.
Albert Korir of Kenya, who won the 2021 NYC Marathon, finished second nearly two minutes behind Tola.
This was a stellar women's field that was expected to potentially take down the course record of 2:22:31 set by Margaret Okayo in 2003.
There were talks of breaking the course record and doing all the things, after a bit it was like that’s not going to happen.
Catherine Debrunner of Switzerland won her New York debut, shattering the course record in the women's wheelchair race.
Persons:
— Tamirat Tola, Geoffrey Mutai, ” Tola, “, I’m, Tola, Jemal, Albert Korir, Obiri, ” Obiri, Letesenbet, Sharon Lokedi, Gidey, Lokedi, She's, Ingrid Kristiansen, Margaret Okayo, Kellyn Taylor, Molly, ” Taylor, Brigid Kosgei, Marcel Hug, ” Hug, Tatyana McFadden, Kurt Fearnley, Catherine Debrunner of, American Susannah Scaroni, ”, Debrunner, PARIS Daniel Romanchuk, Aaron Pike, Scaroni, McFadden, ___
Organizations:
New York, Ethiopian, Central Park, Boston Marathon, New, PARIS, Games
Locations:
New York City, Central Park, New York, It’s, Manhattan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Central, Taylor, Swiss, American