The NYC Marathon just crowned its youngest champion ever
Kenyan Mary Keitany won her third straight title at the New York City Marathon Sunday, finishing with a time of 2:24:26. She broke away from the rest of the elite women runners halfway through the race — an unusual move most runners would attempt after the 20-mile mark — and ran the final 13 miles alone.
The men's race was won by Ghirmay Ghebreslassie of Eritrea, who at 20 is the youngest NYC Marathon champion of all time. Ghebreslassie's time was a speedy 2:07:51.
The women's wheelchair marathon was won by Tatyana McFadden, her fourth straight victory, and the men's wheelchair race winner was Marcel Hug, his second NYC win. More than 50,000 people from 120 countries are competing in the marathon this year.
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