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New York City Marathon results 2014: Wilson Kipsang beats Lelisa Desisa
down the stretch
By Eric Stephen _at_ericstephen on Nov 2 2014, 12:03p +
Alex Goodlett
A new face crossed the finish line first at Central Park Sunday, as Wilson
Kipsang of Kenya captured the New York City Marathon with a winning time of
2:10:04, the slowest race since 2003. Kipsang narrowly beat Lelisa Desisa
of Ethiopia, who briefly passed him in the final mile before Kipsang pulled
away to win by four seconds.
Kipsang, who also won the London Marathon in 2014, takes home $100,000 for
winning the race in New York, with Desisa winning $60,000 for second and
Gebregziabher Gebremariam winning $40,000 for third place. Gebremariam won
the NYC Marathon in 2010.
Kipsang also gets $500,000 as the 2013-2014 World Marathon Majors Series
champion.
Meb Keflezighi, 39, who won the New York City Marathon in 2009 and won the
2014 Boston Marathon, finished fourth. He was one of three Americans to
finish in the top 10.
Geoffrey Mutai, who won the race in 2011 and 2013, finished fifth. He was
trying to become the first three-time winner of the event since Alberto
Salazar from 1980-82. Bill Rodgers, who won the race four times from
1976-79, is the only other runner to win the New York City Marathon at
least three times.
Received on Sun Nov 02 2014 - 12:56:21 EST