N.Y.C. Marathon 2017: Shalane Flanagan Wins Women’s Race<br />After 21 miles, the lead pack whittled to three: Keitany, Daska,<br />and Shalane Flanagan, a 36-year-old from Massachusetts, who finished second in New York in 2010.<br />Shalane Flanagan ended a four-decade drought for American women in the New York City<br />Marathon on Sunday, dethroning one of the giants of the sport in the process.<br />Mamitu Daska, of Ethiopia, competing in the New York City Marathon for the first time, finished third with a time of 2:28:08.<br />Flanagan’s unofficial time was 2 hours 26 minutes 53 seconds, fast enough to beat the three-time defending champion Mary Keitany of Kenya<br />and become the first American woman to win since Miki Gorman in 1977.<br />Kamworor didn’t crack, holding on to win his first New York City Marathon in 2:10:53.
