Hellen Obiri holds off Gidey and Lokedi to win the women’s NYC Marathon

Hellen Obiri, 33, won her second appearance in the NYC Marathon’s women’s race in 2:27:23 that came down to a three-person sprint.

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The women’s marathon came down to a three-person sprint between defending champion Sharon Lokedi, Hellen Obiri, and Letesenbet Gidey. As the runners entered Central Park, Obiri pulled away from Gidey and Lokedi dropped back into third place. Obiri and Gidney continued to battle and were neck and neck in the homestretch, but Obiri managed to outrun second place finisher Gidey in the final 600 meters to win by six seconds.

While the women’s finish proved to be more dramatic than the men’s, this year’s women’s race was slower than expected and the runners never came close to the course record some predicted might be broken. In fact, this year’s winner Obiri finished more than one and a half minutes slower than her 2:25:49 sixth place finish last year.

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