More Sports Athletics Athletics Olympic champion Jepchirchir, Korir win New York City Marathon Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won the 50th running of the New York City Marathon on Sunday in 2:22:39, surviving a thrilling three-way battle before sprinting for the finish line, and fellow Kenyan Albert Korir won the men's race in 2:08:22. Reuters New York 07 November, 2021 22:16 IST Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya crosses the finish line first in the women's division of the New York City Marathon. - AP Reuters New York 07 November, 2021 22:16 IST Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won the 50th running of the New York City Marathon on Sunday in 2:22:39, surviving a thrilling three-way battle before sprinting for the finish line, and fellow Kenyan Albert Korir won the men's race in 2:08:22.Jepchirchir is the first athlete to pick up Olympic gold and win the famed five-borough race in the same year, with compatriot Viola Cheptoo and Ethiopian Ababel Yeshaneh finishing second, and third respectively.American Molly Seidel, who took home the bronze from the Tokyo Games, finished fourth. PETA urges IOC to modernise and drop equine events from Games Korir, who finished second in 2019, had established a 17-second lead through the 35-kilometre mark and leapt into the air as he broke the tape in Central Park, with Moroccan Mohamed El Aaraby finishing 44 seconds behind and Italian Eyob Faniel finishing third.The temperature hovered around 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4.44°C) on Staten Island as the marathon major kicked off at 8 a.m. ET, after going on hiatus for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Swiss Marcel Hug won the men's wheelchair division in 1:31:24, and Paralympic champion Madison de Rozario was the first Australian to win the women's wheelchair race, finishing in 1:51:01. Read more stories on Athletics. For more updates, follow Sportstar on :