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New York Adds Firepower to Men’s Marathon Field
Posted September 12th, 2007 at 10:55 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Marathons
Reigning ING New York City Marathon champion Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil will have to overcome the challenges of four more marquee men if he wants to retain his title on Nov. 4. Race founders and organizers, New York Road Runners, have added significantly more firepower to their field with the announcement that Martin Lel, Rodgers Rop, Stephen Kiogora, and Abderrahim Goumri have been added to their field.
“What a stellar nucleus to our men’s field: four former champions and the reigning gold and silver medalists from New York and London,” said race director Mary Wittenberg, the president and CEO of New York Road Runners. “Each man is good enough to win here in 2007.”
Lel, who sits in second position in the 2006/2007 World Marathon Majors leaderboard with 40 points, already has an ING New York City Marathon title under his belt from 2003, and has won the Flora London Marathon twice, in 2005 and 2007. Injuries kept him out of New York the last two years, but his 2:07:41 clocking in London last April where he won in a thrilling sprint finish demonstrated that the 28 year-old Kenyan should be ready to challenge for another NYC title.
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Former champions Martin Lel and Rodgers Rop return to ING NYC Marathon
Posted September 11th, 2007 at 3:54 PM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results, Marathons
Former ING New York City Marathon champions Martin Lel and Rodgers Rop, both of Kenya, will return to the scene of their biggest career victories at the 38th running of the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 4, it was announced today by New York Road Runners president and CEO and race director Mary Wittenberg.
Joining 2003 champion Lel and the 2002 winner Rop in the field will be last year’s New York silver medalist Stephen Kiogora of Kenya and Morocco’s Abderrahim Goumri, who was second at the Flora London Marathon in April.
This quartet joins a championships men’s field already headlined by the previously announced defending champion, Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil, and 2004 champion Hendrick Ramaala of South Africa.
“What a stellar nucleus to our men’s field: four former champions and the reigning gold and silver medalists from New York and London,” said Wittenberg. “Each man is good enough to win here in 2007.”
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