Eritrea’s Ghirmay Ghebreslassie wins New York City Marathon
Eritrea's Ghirmay Ghebreslassie won the New York City Marathon in the men's field. Mary Keitany won her third straight New York City Marathon to become the first woman to win three consecutive marathons in New York since
Eritrea’s Ghirmay Ghebreslassie won the New York City Marathon in the men’s field.
Mary Keitany won her third straight New York City Marathon to become the first woman to win three consecutive marathons in New York since Grete Waltz’s five-year run from 1982 to 1986.
Ghebreslassie finished his debut in New York with an unofficial time of 2 hours, 7 minutes, 51 seconds.
For most of the course, the men’s field was a three-man race between Ghebresiassie, Kenya’s Lucas Rotich and Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa. By mile 20, Ghebreslassie gradually began pulling away.
The 19-year-old beat Rotich by 62 seconds and became the youngest male winner in New York. The previous youngest male winners were Alberto Salazar in 1980 and Tom Fleming in 1973, who won as 22-year-olds.
Defending champion Stanley Biwott withdrew at the 10-mile mark with a right calf injury. He also dropped out in the Rio Olympics after getting sick.
American Abdi Abdirahman placed third.
Desisa, who was the runner-up in New York in 2014 and a two-time Boston Marathonwinner, dropped out at the 22nd mile.
Keitany, a 34-year-old Kenyan, defended her title Sunday in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, 26 seconds, beating countrywoman Joyce Chepkirui by nearly four minutes.
Last year, Keitany pulled away around the 21-mile mark. On Sunday, she began getting a sizable lead at the 15-mile mark as the race crossed the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan.
Keitany reached Manhattan in less than 90 minutes. As she began running up First Avenue, television commentators referred to her as “The Boss of New York City,” and following the 20-mile mark, Keitany led by more than two minutes.
Molly Huddle placed third in her debut after setting an American record at the 10,000 meters in the Rio Olympics.
Tatyana McFadden won the women’s wheelchair race to sweep the four major marathons for the fourth straight year.
The 27-year-old American finished with an unofficial time of 1:47:43. She completed the Grand Slam by winning in London, Boston, Chicago and New York, extending her record streak to 17 straight wins in major marathons.
McFadden, who won six medals at the Rio Paralympics, took the lead for good at the 15-mile mark and comfortably led the rest of the course to win for the fifth time in New York.
Marcel Hug of Switzerland won his second NYC Marathon title in the men’s race and his sixth marathon this year. He edged Australia’s Kurt Fearnley by a sixth-tenths of a second, repeating their photo finish at last month’s Chicago marathon.
Defending champion Ernst Van Dyk of South Africa came in fourth.
Associated Press
k.tewolde November 7, 2016
This one is to all Eritreans back home and around the world,rejoice ensemble! pop a cold one,don’t politicize it.There is enough gold back home for each one of us to sport around our neck one day if we can work together to get rid of the bozos in Asmara,forget winning a marathon,we have the potential to invent the technology to close the hole in the ozone layer if given a chance and elect a sane and democratic leadership in our homeland.The sky is the limit,but we have to get rid of the czar,the monkeys,the kishas,the captain morgans,ri’esi miraks etc…then a new dawn will kiss the landscape of our home triggering the burst of chrysanthemums and lilies heralding a new era of hope, peace and prosperity to our people.Anything is possible with the almighty God,He is watching us patiently,and doing His work in a subtle way.
AHMED SALEH !!! November 7, 2016
For the haters it is hard to believe an
Eritrean can raise his flag in world’s
famous marathon runners dream place .
Viva Eritrea regardless our political
differences we are delighted .
Brother Ghirmay told you precisely that his victory is for his people .
Haters are in agony for refusing to swallow the bitter pills of truth .
Samson Agazi November 7, 2016
Indeed and YES, the real dekebat genuine Eritreans do HATE you cancerous and poisonous moslem snakes Arab dogs. Now, what the fuck are you going to do about it you rootless illegal immigrant mushmush nomad saHab gimel? Kill all dekebat genuine Eritreans with the help of your savage evil moslem Arab slave masters? Your savage evil negis Mohammed orders you to kill non-moslems anyway, doesn’t he?
What the fuck political differences you now talking about? You so dumb and ignorant you just keep talking through your damaged old aregit fagnatura ass all the time but it is about time you pay some respect to the intelligent (unlike you aregit kelbi areb old snake WHORE) assenna public. Now, if you find your pills to bitter to swallow then we suggest you take it with a glass of your camel’s piss to wash it down your stinking throat and if this doesn’t work then you can always rot in your savage evil moslem hell (sorry I can’t say to enjoy your 72 virgins as your are ball less meKhan snake WHORE who would not know what to do with the 72 virgins). Simply get lost to where ever the savage evil moslem world that you belong.
Hidat November 7, 2016
XEB ASTIKANA HAYET WEDI ERRRRRRR .GIRMAY GIRMA TEKEDEN .VIVA ERITREA..eway kitem ezi werhat ezi.ab kulu mederekat awet tirah.
koubrom November 8, 2016
Brother are you eritrean, I have friends Muslim that I consider my one brothers , it kind hurt me to hear such insult , I do not like their anti eritrea bias political agenda but as human beings we all the same, and eritrea the only strength we have its our unity, ones divided we will not survive and Islam is one of jewels of eritrea defende it do not denigrate it with all respects
Geremi November 7, 2016
I like this comment by birhane,
እንኳዕ ሓጎሰካ፤
ኤርትራ ከምዚ ናትካ ጌሮም ዝሰርሑ መራሕቲ ኔሮማ እንተዝኾኑ፣ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ዘልኣለማዊ ሃገራዊ ባርነት ኣይምነበረን፤ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ኣብ መገዲ ዓረብ ሰሃራ ኣብ በዓል ሱዳን ግብጺ ሊብያ ኣብ ባርነት ዓቢድነት ዓረብ ኣይምወደቑን፤ ኤርትርውያን ደቀንስትዮ ኣብ ሳዋን ኣብ ሃገራት በካዕ ምስሉያት ዓረብ ናይ ወሲብ ባሮት ኮይነን ኣይምተሸጣን፤ ኤርትርዋያን መሳቱኻ ኣብ ዓቢይ ባሕሪ መዲተራኒያ ብኣሸሓት ኣይምሃለቑን።
ከምቲ ኩሩዕ ግእዛዊ፤ ትግረ ትግርኛ ሽምካ ግርማ ተዓደል፤ ከምቲ ውሩይ በሃር ኣትሌት ኣቶ ሃይለ ገብረስላሴ፣ “ሽመ ይመርሕ፤ ጥዋፍ የብርህ”፤ በቶም ሕቡናት ኣግኣዝያውያን ኣባሓጎታትካ ተባሂሉ እዩ እሞ፤ ከም ሽግ ሆየና ብርሃን ተዓደል። እታ ዓድካ፤ ክሳድ ዒቃ ኣብ ተለቢጅን ናይ ኣመሪካ ስማ ክስመ ምስ ሰማዕኩ በኣኻን ብዓድካ ብ ክሳድ ዒቃን ኮሪዔ።
Geremi November 7, 2016
Thank you Ato Girmay,
The Eritrean national flag has risen in New York for everyone to see above any other flag or cherqi. The Eritrean National flag will fly forever and ever.. we will see if anyone or trash touches it. It is our own languages, identity and history. We did not borrow or rent anybody else’s cherqi or identity.
Samson Agazi November 7, 2016
Geremi
Why don’t you just check your blood pressure for a change!
Then once it is normal and under control use your cherqi to clean up your backside.
Alternatively, take your stinking cherqi to a moslem snake tailor to make you a snake jelebiya.
You really disappoint me man, what ever happened to you my old good friend!
Samson Agazi November 7, 2016
k.tewolde, active ELF butler and used up condome of the savage evil barbarian moslem Arab slave masters, Eritreans back home can’t ‘pop a cold one’ as the fridges just like yourself don’t work or operate at all!!!!
Since you and your evil-all-alien-loving ghedli shefatu/bandits entered poor Eritrea nothing has really worked properly. Your show off zombie writings and fake acting remind me of something of yourself type,
Once there was a human-like monster called “belaE seb – man eater”. He ate everyone near him (just like you and your savage evil moslem ELF) and then everyone as far as and he finished every human flesh and bone within his reach. He had to eat non-stop but there was no one left to be eaten. Then he started eating himself bottom-up, from periphery to center. Then what was left of him was his head which he started crunching it in as well. Then he was left with only his teeth. He crushed and swallowed the incisors first, and then the canine and the premolars, then the two molars using the other two, then the one molar using the other and the only left molar tooth.
Finally, it was a problem to eat the last tooth, as it also was the last tool, a prey-predator thingy at the same time. The last tool tooth remained a big unsolved problem for the monster.
Now, wedi komarit Amete berad, k.tewelde aka Kheliffa Taha, make sure you are also left with your last tooth tool to taste or chew our Eritrean gold you will probably be burned alive in your diKhala moslem hell before you see your diKhala Arab flag and savage evil moslem Arabic Eritrea.
Z. Hagos November 8, 2016
Samson Agazi,
You must be a confused person who talks like a broken disc repeating things again and again. Why don’t you join the issue discussants and contribute.. And, if you don’t have any other than name calling you better stay away and don’t spoil the name of the Assenna family, who are discussing to reach to some kind of an understanding about the Eritrean problems.
..
You can be an Ethiopian who supports Isayas. You can’t be an Eritrean who care for the Eritrean people for if you were you would contribute towards finding solutions to their problems. Your silence will be appreciated for it will give a chance to focus on what we need to focus.
Habtu November 8, 2016
Way to go Ghrimay! Congratulations and wish you good health and hope to see you for long to come. Eritreans all over the world are happy!
Haile stupid Drue November 8, 2016
ንዐይ ዝገረመትኒ ወያነ ከምቲ ሕሶት አመሎም ሐዉ ኢዩ ንሀይለ ገብረስላሴ ከይ በሉ
Habtu November 9, 2016
I don’t like your name but I like your joke! You will be productive if you stay focus on the topic at hand.
Asigede November 9, 2016
Yes he is!; Haile gebresilassie is southern nation and nationalities born and grown Tigrean, and Ghirmay Gebresilassie is Kebessa born and grown Tigrean. did your nightmare came a reality? Congratulations! you can run but you can not escape.
Samson Agazi November 8, 2016
Z.Hagos – the kebti
Your “convenient” assumptions aside, your endeavor to respond through your typical lengthy shenkolel, would have made a perfect sense had I been the supporter of the current regime in Eritrea or the current situation of my people.
Not at all, there goes your garbage “confused person argument or accusation” down the train or trash.bin. I think there is far better way for Eritrea to be, but flippant, duplicitous and users like you have hijacked the process. What my comment tell you is that the situation was ripe for Eritrean’s to solve their problems, if it wasn’t for you and your likes openly siding with the savage evil barbarian moslem Arabs. Hence bankrupting the entire opposition movement in the eyes of the masses. Who cares about a small time opportunist scumbags of the criminal barbaric Islamic ELF riffraff terefmerefat goHafat, I am talking about the whole tendency.
As far as you and that k.tewelde/Kheliffa Taha wedi komarit wedi Hirkam are concerned, you are just a showbiz. Your egos so ahead of you two and the other savage evil moslem snakes, and those of us who know the real you (so-called oppositions) must be CIA, Woyane/Ethiopian or PFDJ. I could say more but what’s the point with you losers so I will pass. But you are a con man, that is for sure.
Now, as they say “haxiruni entebelku’s teKodimu ysiEsE”, and in your case don’t be “tegombihu yiKhured” asshole.
Go ahead dismiss my views as “confused” again but I guess I am within my right to get confused here with your pathetic toilet roll long nonsense hallucinations. So your so called opportunist and useless opposition better get its acts right at an individual level, else stop wasting everybody’s time. Blaspheming the proud people of Habesha Christian Eritrea is not a measure of hard you’re fighting the system, rather how deep you’re sleeping in the enemy’s bosoms.
Last, go and have your bath with your kebties before going to bed and have a savage evil moslem snake bedtime reading for a long night snaky sleep.
AHMED SALEH !!! November 8, 2016
Anta wedi sebeyti , seddi baeleghe
Now you are going too far , you idiot . Didn’t your mother taught you how to behave
in front of people ? Or do you have some mental problems issues ?
Habtu November 9, 2016
Gone too far, just now???? Appears to me he has been gone wrong since birth! In fact the very birth of this individual was wrong. Look now, he is wasting oxygen!
He is so twisted beyond hope for repair. Amlak terai keltifu nebretu yeakeb med ezi web izi!!
Selam November 9, 2016
Samson
It seems like the little parrots are not worth your time. This kind of dull parrots won’t do any good or harm, whatever side they are. So, let them parrot on.
If these little two parrots are any older than 14, I would be depressed for the next two thousand years! No kidding. May be they are twins with the head joined together!! Their agenda and mission might just be spreading jihad islam.
But, I am sure you have sensed a long time ago that this muslim extremist are not of your caliber; I can see that they are simply trying to help themselves spark an imaginative existence that is different than parroting their islam.
What is the most annoying is when they keep mentioning Asmarino.com as though it is closed or destroyed when the fact is it is still operating/doing really well.
AHMED SALEH !!! November 9, 2016
Tigrai Tigrigni elements can follow their
Tigrai online manifesto to preach hatred and division on northern and southern part of their region .
It is a recipe for self destruction but the
innocent lives became victims of these
hooligans as usual as proved us again
and again . Fills never learn from past
mistakes .
In case asmarino.com your attempts in
this forum is clear unless Amauel starts
to realize the sinister intentions .
AHMED SALEH !!! November 9, 2016
Pls read ; fool never learn ……….
PH November 9, 2016
ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ትግራይ ሉዑል ኣኽብሮት ኣለኒ።ብሰንኪ ወያንየን ህግደፍን ተዋፊሮም ዘለዉ ተኹዋሉ ግን ከም ቀደም (ግዝየ ሃይለስላስ ) ብሃይማኖት ዝኸፋፍሉ ብፍላይ ተወሊጄ ኣብ ኤርትራ ግን ሞቦቆሎም ተጋሩ ቀጻልነት assenna forum ስ ይትረፍ ነቲ ዞባ ብሙሉኡ ኣብ ሓደጋ ዘውርድ መርዛም ቃላትትን ጎስጓሳትን ብፉኑው ካብቲ testa di cazzo ተስፋጽዮን ተቀቢሎም ብላይ ማስቲካ ዝሕዪኹ ኢንዳጸረፉና ሱቅ ክንብል ኣይኮናን።ኢኪት ትወልድ ኢኪት ! ክሳብ ሕጂ ንሓልዮት ኢዚ ፎሩም ሸለል ኢልና።ኣብ መጠርሽታ ናዳለውቲ ኣሰና ብፍላይ ኒኣማኔል ፡ክሳብ መኣስ ኢኹም ንዓሳክር ተስፋጽዮን ከተኤንግዱ ? ቡዙሓት ጉዱሳት ንተስፋጽዮን ዓገብ ኢንዳበሉ ውይከ ቡጡቅ ! ሕሰቡሉ ደኣ።
AHMED SALEH !!! November 9, 2016
ASSENNA let down the voice of justice seekers by watching idly to hatemongers
contents attacks on people based on race , national origin and religion .
For sure we are not taking part to join their platform .