Letesenbet Gidey, Peres Jepchirchir, Brigid Kosgei, Sharon Lokedi and Hellen Obiri star in a stacked women's field for the TCS New York City Marathon, a World Athletics Platinum Label road race, on Sunday.
Expect fireworks as some of the all-time greats clash on the hunt for another major victory. In an open men's race, Tamirat Tola goes up against Shura Kitata, Albert Korir, Cam Levins, Abdi Nageeye and Maru Teferi.
They include former world record-holder Kosgei, Olympic champion Jepchirchir, Boston Marathon winner Obiri and Gidey, the 10,000m and half marathon world record-holder who ran 2:16:49 last year in Valencia.The 2:14:04 she ran in Chicago in 2019 remained the world record until Tigist Assefa clocked 2:11:53 in Berlin in September and now Kosgei sits third on the world all-time list after Sifan Hassan improved to 2:13:44 in Chicago last month.
Jepchirchir, who ran 2:17:16 in Valencia in 2020, also won the Great North Run half marathon in September but at the pre event press conference in New York she explained how she experienced a calf issue during training last weekend so will wait until the day before the race to decide whether she will line up.
After his world title win in Oregon, he finished third in London in April and defended his world crown in Budapest but dropped out when no longer in contention. Kenya's Korir returns looking to regain the title he won in 2021. Also runner-up in New York in 2019, he finished fourth in Boston earlier this year and seventh in New York last year.
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