By Johannes Eisele (AFP/File)

New York (AFP) - Eritrean Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, the reigning world marathon champion, captured the 40th New York City Marathon men's title on Sunday, the first winner from outside Kenya since 2010. INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Kenya's Mary Keitany has become the first woman to win three consecutive New York Marathons for 30 years.Keitany, 34, ran a time of two hours 24 minutes 26 seconds to become the first to accomplish the feat since Norway's Grete Waitz - who won five in a row. Except for the cheering fans, of course, who packed the course to root on the record-setting 52,049 runners from 120 nations as they wound through all five of the city’s boroughs.
Mary Keitany of Kenya and Ghirmay Ghebreslassie of Eritrea win the 2016 New York City marathon. It is Keitany's third victory in the event and Ghebreslassie's first.