Keitany pulled away after the 28km mark before gliding on to win her fourth New York City Marathon with the second fastest time on the course. Keitany shook off Ethiopians Netsanet Gudeta and Rahma Tusa while approaching the 28km before going on to win in 2 hours 22 minutes and 52 seconds. The women hit the half way mark in a group in 1:15:49 before Keitany, Gudeta and Tusa broke away from the park, passing the 25km mark 1:28:23. Keitany and Tusa would then leave Gudeta but its Keitany, who opened up 16 seconds lead from Tula, passing the 30km mark in 1:43:42. As Keitany hit 40km in 2:15:29, Cheruiyot moved to second, behind with almost three minutes as Flanagan came in third.

Source: Daily Nation November 04, 2018 16:41 UTC