Defending Champion Seeks Repeat in Big Apple

Published by The Star on October 28, 2016

New York City Marathon champion Mary Keitany will be seeking to bag a hat-trick of titles during the 2016 race set for November 6.

Keitany won the 2014 and 2015 editions and will be in a special class of treble winners alongside Great Britain’s Paula Radcliffe (three times) and Norway’s Grete Waitz (nine times) if she takes the honours next Sunday. Tegla Loroupe (1994,1995) is the highest ranked winner from the event.

“I have been preparing all this time with a view of defending my title in New York. The training has been good and I feel ready for it,” said Keitany, a former world half marathon record holder.