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History of the New York City Marathon
The first New York City Marathon, organized in 1970 by Fred Lebow and Vince Chiappetta, was held entirely in Central Park. Of 127 entrants, only 55 men finished; the sole female entrant dropped out due to illness. Winners were given inexpensive wristwatches and recycled baseball and bowling trophies. The entry fee was $1 and the total event budget was $1,000.
At the 1978 New York City Marathon, Grete Waitz of Norway, a track Olympian who’d never run farther than 12 miles, won the race in a world-record 2:32:30 Rodgers overcame 75-degree temperatures to e the race’s first three-time winner。
Women’s champ Tegla Loroupe, a Kenyan, became the first female African winner of a major marathon.
At the race’s 25th anniversary in 1994, Gérman Silva of Mexico famously took a wrong turn into Central Park in the 26th mile and came back to win.
In 2003, ING, a global financial pany,became the marathon’s first title sponsor .
The 2013 New York City Marathon returned the event to its place as New York City’s best day. A record 50,000+ runners finished the race, the most in any marathon ever.
The 2014 TCS New York City Marathon again had a record number of finishers : 50,530.
The 2016 TCS New York City Marathon will take place on Sunday, November 6.
The route of the New York City Marathon
The start pointing of The
New York City Marathon is
located in the world's
longest suspension bridge,
the Verrazano-Narrows
they go across
the five districts of New
York and arrived at the
Central Park in the end.
Every year participants in marathon are up to more than 100 thousand people. When they go through the Verrazano-Narrows bridge, it is shaked seriously , which is very spectacular.
the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
The wheelchair athletes
Every year, a large number of disabled people actively
participate in the New York marathon. They are physically disabled ,but their heart have been strong.
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