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With an uphill surge in the 20th mile, Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia broke his final competitor and ran solo to win the 2o23 New York City Marathon in 2:04:58. Tola’s time broke the previous course record of 2:05:06, set by Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya in 2011, by 8 seconds.Albert Korir finished second in a personal best of 2:06:57, 1 minute and 25 seconds faster than he ran to win here in 2021. Shura Kitata of Ethiopia placed third in 2:07:11.
With the pre-race withdrawal of last year’s champion, Evans Chebet of Kenya, Tola was the on-paper slight favorite heading into today, given his world title last year, a world marathon silver medal in 2017, the 2016 Olympic bronze medal at 10,000 meters, and the fastest personal best in the field, 2:03:39.The first move of the race came in the 8th mile, when Tola and Korir fronted the pack and ran a 4:40 mile. What had been a group of 18 at 10K was down to six by 15K.
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