NEW YORK — Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri will look to defend their New York City Marathon titles this November. Swiss Marcel Hug and Manuela Schär, who have won nine New York City marathons, headline the wheelchair fields. The most recent man to repeat as New York City Marathon champion was Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai in 2011 and 2013. The New …
World record holder Jacob Kiplimo became the first Ugandan man to win the Great North Run after tributes were paid to Queen Elizabeth II before Sunday’ race. Kiplimo, the reigning world half-marathon champion, crossed the line in 59.33, 66 seconds ahead of Olympic 10,000m champion Selemon Barega, with Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele third in 1.01.01. Obiri made the decisive kick in …
