Geoffrey Mutai, 29 of Kenya, who ran the fastest marathon ever of 2:03:02 in Boston last April, won the ING New York City Marathon today in a new course record of 2:05:06.
Emmanuel Mutai, 26 also of Kenya and Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia was 2nd and 3rd in 2:06:28 and 2:07:14 respectively, all the top 3 finishers broke the ten-year old course record of 2:07:43 and won an additional cash bonus of RM70,000 each for breaking the old course record, on top of the placing winnings.
By finishing 2nd in this closing venue of the 2010-2011 World Marathon Majors championship series , Emmanuel Mutai won the title of the 2010-2011 World Marathon Majors series, beating compatriot world recorder holder Patrick Makau, who was leading in the WMM standings before NYC, and won a USD500,000 reward.
(Liliya Shobukhova of Russia is the champion in the 2010-2011 WMM women's competition series which also carries a bonus of USD500,000)
Firehiwot Dado of Ethiopia won the women category in 2:23:15 whilst Buzunesh Deba also of Ethiopia finished second in 2:23:19 and favourite Mary Keitany of Kenya was third in 2:23:38.
A record number of 47,107 participants started the race.
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