An extraordinary Yeman Crippa finished second, with a time of 2:06:14, in the 55th edition of the New York Marathon.
The Italian athlete was only overtaken at the finish line by the Swede Andreas Almgren , European 10,000 metres champion and making his absolute debut in the 42.195 km, first in 2'06'01.
In third place was Lesotho athlete Kamohelo Mofolo with a time of 2:06:26.
Crippa made a decisive push in the final stretch, along with Kipruto and Almgren, who then displayed an irresistible attack, pulling away from everyone in the final kilometers. The Kenyan, winner of last year's race, had to settle for fourth place in 2:06:27.
(Unioneonline/vl)
