American Nathan Martin wins Los Angeles Marathon in final stride; 45-year-old Kenyan wins women’s
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$1 per week for 24 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.99/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*Your next subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $16.99 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $23.99 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nathan Martin won the 41st Los Angeles Marathon in the final stride on Sunday, becoming the second straight American men’s winner in the race’s closest finish ever.
Martin, of Jackson, Michigan, completed the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 18 seconds, overtaking Michael Kamau of Kenya, who was second in the same time.
Kamau didn’t take any fluids during the race and fell at the finish. He was taken away on a stretcher.
Martin, 36, is a substitute teacher and a track and cross country coach at Jackson High School. His personal best is 2:10:45 at the 2023 Grandma’s Marathon, where he set a record as the fastest U.S.-born Black marathoner.
Last year, Matt Richtman became the first American to win the men’s race since 1994. He won in 2:07:56.
Enyew Nigat of Kenya was third on Sunday in 2:14:23.
In the women’s race, Priscah Cherono of Kenya won in 2:25:20. The 45-year-old mother of three lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was 10th in the 5,000 meters at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Kellyn Taylor of Flagstaff, Arizona, finished second in 2:27:37. Antonina Kwambai of Kenya was third in 2:28:50.
Race organizers had announced that because of the weather medals would be given out to runners who completed just 18 miles of the course that began at Dodger Stadium and ended in the Century City section of Los Angeles. Temperatures were expected to rise into the 80s by midday.
___
This story has been corrected to show the name of men’s winner is Nathan Martin, instead of Miller.
___
AP sports: https://apnews.com/sports