geoffrey kamworor won the marathon in new york city.
geoffrey kamworor won the marathon in new york city.
who won the marathon in new york city?
geoffrey kamworor
the 2018 tcs new york city marathon was run on sunday, november 4. lelisa desisa of ethiopia won his first new york city marathon after finishing third in 2017, third in 2015 and second in 2014, followed by shura kitata and defending champion geoffrey kamworor. their times of 2:05:59, 2:06:01 and 2:06:26 were the second, third and fourth fastest times in race history.
new york city marathon
it was not until the health consciousness of the 1960s that marathon growth gained traction in the eyes of the nation. frank shorter's 1972 games of the xx olympiad marathon victory represented the convergence of many middle-class american ideals. then the 1976 new york city marathon, which was the first new york city marathon to embrace the five borough course, popularized the big city marathon. as the new york marathon began to grow exponentially in the 1970s, the chicago marathon was established as a rival to the new york city marathon. by the mid-1980s, the chicago marathon was ensconced as one of the big four marathons. during the mid-1980s, it was named america's marathon/chicago and opened up the way for appearance payments. joan benoit samuelson described the chicago marathons of the mid-1980s as "the world's marathon". the bank of america chicago marathon is an open race with no qualifying time to participate.
chicago marathon