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Kenyans Geoffrey Mutai and Priscah Jeptoo dominate the men and women’s events at the New York City Marathon
The women’s race played out almost identically to the last New York City Marathon 2 years ago. But this time, Deba was the pursued, not the pursuer.
In 2011, Mary Keitany pulled away to a big early lead, and Deba and countrywomen Firehiwot Dado chased her down. Dado, who won that day, was 14th Sunday as the defending champ. This time, Deba and training partner Tigist Tufa separated themselves right from the start. Deba wound up finishing 48 seconds behind Jeptoo, while Tufa fell back to eighth.
Jelena Prokopcuka of Latvia, the 2005-06 New York champ, placed third.
Security was tight from the moment the runners arrived on Staten Island. They were corralled into long bag-check lines, and officers and volunteers repeatedly reminded them to keep cellphones out.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press
