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This Day in Observe & Discipline–November 2
(NY Metropolis Marathon; Born On This Day-Holly Bradshaw, German Fernandez, Moncur, Ngeny, Aouita, Munyala, Kathy Hammond/R.I.P.-Ducky Drake, Pen Hallowell/Eva Cassidy, Cubs Win)
1991—South Africa’s Elana Meyer set the primary IAAF-ratified World Report for 15 kilometers, working 46:57 in Cape City. The earlier better of 47:17 was set by Norway’s Ingrid Kristiansen in 1987.
TCS NY Metropolis Marathon
1986—Grete Waitz (2:28:06) gained the Ladies’s division, the 8th of her eventual 9 victories within the occasion. Italy’s Gianni Poli gained the Males’s race in 2:11:06 and was adopted by Australia’s Rob de Castella (2:11:43), the 1983 World Champion, Italy’s Orlando Pizzolato (2:12:13), the 2-time defending NYC champion, and Kenya’s Ibrahim Hussein (2:12:51), who would win the race the next 12 months. (20,502 starters)
Different Notable Finishers
Males: 9.Pete Pfitzinger 2:14:09
Ladies: 2.Lisa Ondieki (Australia) 2:29:12, 3.Laura Fogli (Italy) 2:29:44…9.Christa Vahlensieck (Germany) 2:38:12
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/861102/finishers
High 25: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_New_York_City_Marathon
http://www.historical past.com/this-day-in-history/grete-waitz-wins-her-eighth-nyc-marathon
Full TV broadcast(2:18): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsO2q8dPHjA
1997—Regardless of stopping 2 occasions to re-tie the shoelaces on his new pair of footwear (they might turn into undone a 3rd time, however he didn’t cease this time), Kenya’s John Kagwe gained the Males’s race in 2:08:12 (He would win once more the next 12 months). As reported within the NY Occasions, it was a “miserably humid, windy and wet day”. These circumstances, plus the time misplaced securing his footwear, may need value Kagwe an opportunity to interrupt the Course Report of two:08:01, set in 1989 by Juma Ikangaa of Tanzania,
Switzerland’s Franziska Rochat-Moser was the shock winner of the Ladies’s race in 2:28:43. Kim Jones (2:32:07), the highest American finisher within the Ladies’s race (6th), complained that a few of the leaders had obtained an unfair benefit at a few of the water stations (see hyperlink). Struggling cramps through the race, Kenya’s Tegla Loroupe, a crowd favourite after profitable in NY in 1994 and 1995, completed 7th in 2:33:31. (30,434 finishers)
Different Notable Finishers
Males: 2.Joseph Chebet (Kenya) 2:09:27, 3.Stefano Baldini (Italy) 2:09:31…5.Germán Silva (Mexico) 2:10:19, 6.Domingos Castro (Portugal) 2:10:23, 8. Dionicio Cerón (Mexico) 2:13:01…18.Mark Coogan (USA) 2:20:41
Ladies: 2.Colleen De Reuck (South Africa) 2:29:11…4.Anuța Cătună (Romania/defending champion) 2:31:24
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/971102/finishers/1688170
High-20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_New_York_City_Marathon
Kagwe’s Shoelaces: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/sports activities/different/110397ny-marathon-men.html
Controversy: http://companions.nytimes.com/library/sports activities/different/110397ny-marathon-women.html
A number of NY Occasions Hyperlinks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franziska_Rochat-Moser
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kagwe
2003—Margaret Okayo (2:23:03) was the winner of the Ladies’s race, outdueling fellow Kenyan Catherine Ndereba (2:23:03) and the Netherlands’ Lornah Kiplagat (2:23:43) as all three bettered Okayo’s earlier Course Report of 2:24:21, set in 2001.
Kenyans swept the highest 4 locations within the Males’s race, with Martin Lel (2:10:30) profitable over defending champion Rodgers Rop (2:11:11), Christopher Cheboiboch (2:11:23), and Elly Rono (2:11:31).
Among the many report variety of 34,729 finishers was Sean “P.Diddy” Combs, who ran 4:14:54 as a part of a fund-raising effort to help needy kids.
Different Notable Finishers
Males: 9.John Kagwe (Kenya) 2:14:08…17.Matt Downin (1st American) 2:18:48
Ladies: 4.Lyudmila Petrova (Russia) 2:25:00…10.Sylvia Mosqueda (1st American) 2:33:10…16.Jenny Crain 2:38:49, 17.Jen Rhines 2:43:01…20.Marla Runyan 2:45:12; DNF-Deena Kastor
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/NYC2003/finishers
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_New_York_City_Marathon
P.Diddy: https://www.cbsnews.com/information/p-diddy-did-it-finishes-marathon/
Males: http://www.marathonguide.com/information/exclusives/NYC_2003/NewYorkMen.cfm
Ladies: http://www.marathonguide.com/information/exclusives/NYC_2003/NewYorkWomen.cfm
2008—World Report holder Paula Radcliffe, who had been restricted by a stress fracture to a disappointing 23rd-place end at the Beijing Olympics in August, rebounded to win the Ladies’s race in NY for the twond 12 months in a row, beating runnerup Lyudmila Petrova of Russia by virtually 2-minutes (2:23:56-2:25:43). Ending 3rd was Kara Goucher, who ran 2:25:53, the quickest debut efficiency by an American lady on the time.
Brazil’s Marilson Gomes dos Santos (2:08:43), the 2006 winner, handed Morocco’s Abderrahim Goumri (2:09:07) within the final half-mile, pulling away to win his 2nd Males’s title. He was named to the NYRR’s Corridor of Fame in 2019.
Different Notable Finishers (whole 38,099)
Males: 4.Paul Tergat (Kenya) 2:13:10…6.Abdi Abdirahman (USA) 2:14:17, 7.Josh Rohatinsky (USA) 2:14:23, 8.Jason Lehmkuhle (USA) 2:14:30…10.Bolota Asmerom (USA) 2:16:37…12.Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa) 2:19:11 (2004 winner)
Ladies: 5.Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) 2:29:34, 6.Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 2:29:25…8.Lidia Șimon (Romania) 2:30:04…10.Katie McGregor (USA) 2:31:14; DNF-Kim Smith (New Zealand)
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/a81102/finishers
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_New_York_City_Marathon
http://www.marathonguide.com/information/exclusives/NewYorkCityMarathon2008/
Goucher Seems Again: https://effectively.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/kara-goucher-on-first-marathons/
Radcliffe-Goucher Friendship: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/sports activities/09marathon.html
NYRR Corridor of Fame: https://www.nyrr.org/media-center/press-release/20191017_nyrrhalloffame
2012—Simply hours after insisting that the race would go on as deliberate, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and race organizers introduced the cancellation of the NY Metropolis Marathon. There had been rising opposition to conducting the race whereas town was nonetheless recovering from the devastation attributable to Hurricane Sandy.
2014–Each races have been shut, with Mary Keitany (2:25:07) profitable the 1st of her 4 Ladies’s titles by solely 3 seconds over fellow Kenyan Jemima Sumgong (2:25:10), and Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang (2:10:59) profitable the Males’s race by 7 seconds over Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa (2:11:06), who would win the race in 2018.
With 50,869 starters (50,530 finishers), this was the most important marathon in historical past. It was the primary 12 months that TCS (Tata Consultancy Companies) sponsored the occasion.
Different Notable Finishers
Males: 3.Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 2:12:13, 4.Meb Kefelzighi 2:13:18 (2009 winner), 5.Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda) 2:13:25 (gold medalist on the 2012 Olympics, 2013 World Championships)…9,Ryan Vail (USA) 2:15:08, 10.Nick Arciniaga (USA) 2:15:39
Ladies: 4.Jeļena Prokopčuka (Latvia) 2:26:15 (2005, 2006 winner)…5.Des Linden (USA) 2:28:11…9.Annie Bersagel (USA) 2:33:02, 10. Deena Kastor (USA) 2:33:18…12.Edna Kiplagat (Kenta) 2:36:24 (2010 winner), 13.Kara Goucher 2:37:03
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/M2014/finishers
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsJ-Tn5RXxM
https://www.letsrun.com/occasions/2014-new-york-city-marathon-tcs-new-york-city-marathon/
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlHbntVAMzM
Previous NY Metropolis Marathon Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
Media Information (2024)
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