In his New York City Marathon debut Brazilian Marilson Gomes dos Santos shocked the field and won the men’s title. Thus, dos Santos became the
first South American ever to win the prestigious race and was able to end nine straight years of African dominance in the men’s division. dos Santos pulled away from the field with about a quarter of the race to go and built a 38-second lead before winning by approximately 10 seconds ahead of Kenyans Stephen Kigora and Paul Tergat. Links- ABC News (U.S.), Monsters & Critics, The Herald (U.K.), Guardian UK, USA TODAY
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Tags- sports, New York, Brazil
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