“I’m really excited, just so happy that I did it here. “I’m just so happy that I just won, you know?!” said Lokedi, laughing. It was Lokedi's first-ever marathon and she finished in 2:23.23 - just ahead of Lonah Chemtai Salpeter of Israel. The Americans' top hope, Galen Rupp, was in the chase pack before withdrawing from the race right before the 19-mile mark. The victory continued a drought for American men in the race : No runner from the U.S. “Boston was actually harder and it prepared him for the win for New York,' the translator said for Chebet. After Do Nascimento's collapse, Chebet took the lead and wasn't threatened the rest of the way.Ĭhebet won the Boston Marathon earlier this year. “He has a lot of experience and he knew he was going to surpass him.'Ĭhebet, 33, pulled away from the pack when chasing Do Nascimento as they headed over the bridge into Manhattan for the first time.

“He knew that it was hot and humid and (Do Nascimento) was going at a high pace,” Chebet said through a translator. A few miles earlier, he had taken a quick 20-second bathroom break and also had stopped to walk briefly a few minutes before he collapsed.Ĭhebet saw Do Nascimento on the ground and said he “felt bad for him, but had to continue to race.” He had been leading by nearly 2 minutes for the first 15 miles before he started to slow down a bit.ĭo Nascimento went down right before heading back into Manhattan and was quickly attended to by medical professionals. The Brazilian ran the first half of the race in a blistering 1:01.22, which put him 2 minutes ahead of the course record pace. Race officials said later that he was OK. There was a scary moment in the men's race when Daniel Do Nascimento, who had been leading the entire way, collapsed 21 miles in. NEW YORK (AP) - Kenyans Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi made huge splashes in their New York City Marathon debuts on Sunday.Ĭhebet won the men's race and Lokedi the women's race in her first-ever marathon on an unseasonably warm day, with temperatures in the 70s making it one of the hottest in race history since the marathon was moved to November in 1986.Ĭhebet finished in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 41 seconds, which was 13 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Shura Kitata of Ethiopia.

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