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New York City Marathon 08: 15 Mile Update: USA Won’t Give Up

Posted November 2nd, 2008 at 11:57 AM by Stephanie Lowe

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Rohatinsky and Carney refuse to give up, but may have expended too much energy in the process.

Rohatinsky just moved from 16th to 2nd at mile 11 of the New York City Marathon. Kigen led the pack with a 55:41 split. Abdirahman is in 3rd, followed closely by Kirui.

Carney picked up his pace to move into 4th position from 19th at mile 11 in 1:00:30. Abdirahman still looks good in 2nd ad he battles Kigen and Kirui. At 20 kilometers (1:02:41), Bouramdane leads in front of Kenyans Kirui and Isaac Macharia. Awol, Tergat, Rono, Kigen and Abdirahman are close behind.

Abdirahman moves back to the front with Kigen and Kirui for mile 13 in 1:05:30, but dropped back at the half-marathon mark. Kirui, Bouramdane,Macharia and Awol leads.

Abdirahman could not hold the pace and fell farther back into 10th at mile 14. He is 3 seconds behind the top 7 men led by Kirui (1:10:11). He then sprinted to the front again to lead the pack through a 1:15:05 15-mile split. Tergat remains in 5th place.