NEW YORK – In a double victory for Kenya, Geoffrey Mutai has successfully defended his New York City Marathon title and Priscah Jeptoo rallied to win the women’s race.
Mutai set the course record the last time the NYC Marathon was held, in 2011. Sunday’s race returned after last year’s cancellation because of the destruction of Superstorm Sandy. Security was also heightened after the bombings at April’s Boston Marathon.
On a windy morning, Mutai had an unofficial time of 2 hours, 8 minutes, 24 seconds, well off his mark of 2:05:06 set in nearly perfect conditions.
Jeptoo trailed Buzunesh Deba by nearly 3 1/2 minutes at the halfway point. But she started making her move as the race entered Manhattan and passed Deba with just more than 2 miles to go.
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