World record holder in a women-only marathon Mary Jepkosgei Keitany on Sunday won the New York City Marathon for the fourth time in a time of 2:22:48.
Vivian Cheruiyot came second in a time of 2 hours 26 minutes 2 seconds.
Keitany's win follows her 2017 triumph at the London Marathon where she set the record in a time of 2:17:01.
Her half marathon personal best of 1:05:50 is a former women's world record.
She beat off stiff competition from America's Shalane Flanagan who finished third in a time of 2:26:22.
Flanagan is the 2017 New York winner.
Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa pulled ahead late to win the men’s race in
2:05:59.
Kenya's Geoffrey
Kamworor finished third behind Ethiopia's Shura Kitata.
Keintany's previous record in the NYC Marathon is as follows:
2010 - 2:29:01, 3rd place
2011 - 2:23:38, 3rd place
2014 - 2:25:07, 1st place
2015 - 2:24:25, 1st place
2016 - 2:24:26, 1st place
2017 - 2:27:54, 2nd place
2018 - 2:22:48, 1st place
