NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- American Shalane Flanagan and Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor won women's and men's titles apiece at the 2017 New York Marathon on Sunday.
Flanagan became the first American woman in 40 years to win the title with a time of 2 hours 26 minutes and 53 seconds.
Kenya's Mary Keitany, who was chasing her fourth consecutive New York victory, was second with 61 seconds back. Ethiopia's Mamitu Daska came third in 2:28:08.
"This is a moment I've dreamed of since I was a little girl," the 36-year-old Flanagan said.
"It's indescribable. These are the moments we dream of to realize our potential and see how incredible we can be," she added.
Flanagan, the 2010 New York marathon runner-up, was sixth in last year's Rio Olympic marathon. She was also the 10,000m runner-up at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In men's event, Kamworor held off compatriot Wilson Kipsang's challenge to win at a time of 2:10:53. Kipsang settled for the second place at 2:10:56. Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia was third at 2:11:32.
"I'm so happy. I feel so great to be the champion," Kamworor said. "This is my first marathon victory. I'm so happy and so delighted."
The 2017 event was held just five days after a deadly Manhattan truck attack that left eight people dead.
New York heavily bolstered security for the event, parking more sand trucks to prevent vehicle attacks and stationing extra police on streets.
More than 50,000 participants ran the world famous race and some 2.5 million people packed the streets to cheer on the athletes from around the world.
