Kenyan Mary Keitany pulled away in the final four miles to repeat as New York City Marathon champion on Sunday.
Keitany, 33, became the first woman to win back-to-back New York marathons since world-record holder Paula Radcliffe in 2007 and 2008.
In 2014, Keitany prevailed in New York by three seconds, tying the closest women’s finish ever, in her first marathon since giving birth to her second child. She placed fourth at the London Olympics and missed all of 2013 due to childbirth.
The fastest American coming into the race, 18-year-old Alana Hadley, dropped out a little past the halfway point.