Abdelkhader El Mouaziz of Morocco made a decisive break at the 11-mile mark and proceeded unchallenged to win the New York City Marathon yesterday in two hours 10 minutes 09 seconds, over two minutes ahead of runner-up Japhet Kosgei of Kenya.
Shem Kororia of Kenya was third in 2:12:33.
El Mouaziz's break was believed to be the earliest in the men's event in the 25 years that the race has been run through the city's five boroughs.
He and 1996 Olympic gold medallist Josia Thugwane of South Africa outran the designated pacesetters to take the lead at nine miles.
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Seamus Power (pictured left) won the 8.9 kilometre first leg of the Cross Cup, a cross country event in Zwijnaarde, northern Brussels, yesterday.
