NEW YORK – Mary Keitany of Kenya and Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia won the marathon titles in New York, Keitany dominating the women's team with a time of 2:22:48 and Desisa's Away from the lead pack on 25 miles mark to finish at 2:05:59.

This victory was the fourth in five years for Keitany in one of the most important distance events in the world. Since Norway's Grete Waitz has managed to train such a dominant rider, Waitz has won eight out of nine marathons in 1978-86, the last six of the season. In addition to taking four of the last five events, Keitany finished second in last year's marathon.

At the London Marathon in 2017, Keitany set a women's world record with a time of 2:17:01. This is Keitany's third win in London since 2011, although she was disappointingly fifth in this year's event. His Sunday time was the second best in the history of the New York Marathon.

"The course route was not in my mind," said Keitany. "I said, okay, let me try to win. But I just saw that I missed by just 17 seconds. But it's OK. For me, winning was very important. "

Keitany was followed by Vivian Cheruiyot (2:26:02). Last year's winner, Shalane Flanagan of the United States, outscored Ethiopian Rahma Tusa near the 25-mile mark to finish third with a time of 2:26:22.

"I did not stop thinking, keep fighting, you never know what's going to happen in front of you," said Flanagan. "When I finally got to this third place, I had another level of excitement and I felt really proud of myself at that moment because I kept fighting."

Keitany started moving away from the pack about 10 miles from the marathon. At the end of the 30 km, Keitany was nearly 27 seconds ahead of Tusa and Netsanet Gudeta in Ethiopia. This distance increased to 20 seconds to 54 seconds. At kilometer 22, the edge of Keitany reached an insurmountable point in 1:57.

"The pace of New York is not like other races," Keitany said. "For me, it was not necessary to start (quickly) at first. It was ok. I did not want to rush at first. I wanted to be comfortable throughout the race. "

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The women were distinguished by the strong performance of the American runners. After Flanagan, Molly Huddle (2:26:44) came in fourth and Desiree Linden (2:27:51) in sixth. It was the first time since 1976 that three Americans ranked in the top six.

"It's really a good group or runners and I think we're constantly pushing each other," Linden said. "It's really an exciting time."

The men's team was much more competitive, highlighted by a breathtaking series of Desisa's top three, Ethiopia's Shura Kitata (2:06:01) and Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor (2:06:26). Each of these times is among the top 10 in the history of the event.

Reflecting the arrival of Keitany, Desisa's time was the second fastest on the men's side of the competition's history. It was his first win in New York, joining the victories of the Boston Marathon in 2013 and 2015. He finished second in New York in 2014 and third in 2015 and 2017.

"This year, I mastered myself and managed with my teammate, my coach, my manager," Desisa said.

Four American men ranked in the top 10, led by Jared Ward (2:12:24) and Scott Fauble (2:12:28), sixth and seventh, respectively. Shadrack Biwott (2:12:52) came in ninth and Chris Derrick (2:13:08) tenth.

"It's great to come back and run with such a good American pitch," said Ward. "I think I'm starting to like New York. I've always loved New York. The people were incredible since the gun. "

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