Tamirat Tola Hellen Obiri Win New Mexico. Tamirat tola set a new course record at the new york marathon, hellen obiri won the women’s race, marcel hug and catherine debrunner in swiss wheelchair. Tamirat tola and hellen obiri won the new york city marathon with tola running the fastest time in history.
Tamirat tola enjoyed a runaway victory in the tcs new york city marathon in a course record of 2:04:58 on sunday (nov 5) as hellen obiri outsprinted letesenbet. Tamirat tola set a course record to win the new york city marathon men’s race while hellen obiri pulled away in the final 400 meters to take the women’s title.