Swedish Track Star Almgren Wins New York Marathon in Debut Full Course

Andreas Almgren, a 31-year-old Swedish middle and long-distance track athlete, has won the New York Marathon in his full-course marathon debut.

Competing in the men's division in New York, Almgren completed the 42.195-kilometer course in 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 1 second, finishing 13 seconds ahead of runner-up Yemaneberhan Crippa of Italy (2 hours, 6 minutes, 14 seconds) to claim the title.

Almgren is a middle and long-distance specialist who won the men's 10,000 meters at the European Athletics Championships in August and set a European half-marathon record in September.

This event marked his first-ever attempt at a full-course marathon.

His victory marks the first time a European-born athlete has won the New York Marathon in 30 years, since Giacomo Leone of Italy in 1996.

In the women's division, Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won with a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, and 36 seconds.

Major marathons organized by the Abbott World Marathon Majors (WMM) total seven, including Berlin, London, Chicago, New York, Boston, Tokyo, and Sydney, with the Cape Town Marathon scheduled to be added next year.

(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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