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Stanley Biwott, Mary Keitany, Ernst Van Dyk, and Tatyana McFadden Are 2015 TCS New York City Marathon Champions

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The 2015 TCS New York City Marathon crowned four champions on Sunday, November 1, including Professional Men’s champion Stanley Biwott, Professional Women’s champion Mary Keitany, Professional Women’s Wheelchair champion Tatyana McFadden, and Professional Men’s Wheelchair champion Ernst Van Dyk.

Biwott, 29, of Kenya, won his first TCS New York City Marathon title and first Abbot World Marathon Majors race in a time of 2:10:34. After a group of 14 runners hit the half-marathon split in a tactical 1:06:49, Biwott surged late in the race on Central Park’s East Drive to pull away from runner-up Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya and third-place finisher Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia, winning by 14 seconds. Keitany, 33, of Kenya, successfully defended her title and became the first woman to do so in New York since Paula Radcliffe in 2008, winning by more than a minute with a time of 2:24:25. After a pack of nine hit the halfway point in 1:12:56, Keitany broke away from runner up Aselefech Mergia and third-place finisher Tigist Tufa, both of Ethiopia, to win by a margin of more than one minute.

McFadden, 26, of the United States, led wire-to-wire to win the women’s wheelchair division in an event-record time of 1:42:05, shattering the previous record of 1:50:24 and capturing her third-consecutive Grand Slam of London, Boston, Chicago and New York Marathons in the same calendar year. Overall, this is her fourth win in the Big Apple. Van Dyk, 42, of South Africa, won the men’s wheelchair division in 1:30:54, his second win in New York and first since 2005. He outsprinted runner-up Josh George of the United States by one second with 200 meters to go.

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya remains at the top of the men’s Abbott World Marathon Majors Series IX standings with a total of 50 points, and Desisa moved into a tie for second with a total of 34 points. Keitany’s victory ties her for first place with 50 points in the women’s rankings with Mare Dibaba of Ethiopia. The Chicago-New York Challenge, a professional wheelchair series between the Bank of America Chicago Marathon and the TCS New York City Marathon as a prelude to the first-ever Abbott World Marathon Majors Wheelchair Series beginning at the 2016 Boston Marathon, was won by McFadden and Van Dyk with a total of 50 points and 29 points, respectively.

B-roll is available, including footage of a competitive field of professional athletes and notable personalities, including:

  • 2015 TCS New York City Marathon Champions: Professional Men’s Champion Stanley Biwott, Professional Women’s Champion Mary Keitany, Professional Men’s Wheelchair Champion Ernst Van Dyk, and Professional Women’s Wheelchair Champion Tatyana McFadden
  • Spike Lee, 2015 TCS New York City Marathon Grand Marshal riding in the Grand Marshal Vehicle with the TCS New York City Marathon Race Director, Peter Ciaccia
  • The winner of the inaugural NYRR Youth Invitational at the TCS New York City Marathon, a 1.8-mile race through the final miles of the TCS New York City Marathon course in Central Park, as the 50,000 Marathon runners start the race in Staten Island

Download Link is available here.

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Winners Photo Opportunity and Media Availability:
On Monday, November 2 at 9:00 a.m. (press check in at 8:30 a.m.) the winners of the professional men’s women’s, and wheelchair division will gather for a photo opportunity at One World Observatory. The winners’ official media availability will be at 11:30 a.m. (press check in at 11:00 a.m.) at the NYRR Media Center at the TCS New York City Marathon Pavilion, Central Park at West 67th Street and Central Park West.