By James Wanzala
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto have joined Kenyans of all walks of lives on Twitter to congratulate Kenyan athletes who made Kenyan proud by winning 45th TSC New York City Marathon titles.
Mary Keitany won the New York Marathon for the second straight year on Sunday in 2hr 24min 25sec. Ethiopia's Aselefech Mergia was second in 2:25:32 and Ethiopian Tigist Tufa -- winner of the London Marathon in April -- third in 2:25:50.
Keitany, 33, became the eighth woman to win multiple titles on the streets of the Big Apple and the first to win back-to-back editions since Britain's Paula Radcliffe in 2007 and 2008.
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Kenyan Stanley Biwott won the New York Marathon on Sunday, capturing his first major marathon victory in 2hr 10min 34sec.
Biwott, 29, broke away from his rivals in a leading quartet in the final two miles in Central Park to finish ahead of fellow Kenyan Geoffrey Kamworor, with Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa third.
The hashtag Mary Keitany, was among the top trends today Monday as accolades trickled in from far and wide including who is who in Kenyan social media spheres.
Here are some of messages of Twitter.
@UKenyatta: Join me in congratulating Mary Keitany and Stanley Biwott on winning the New York Marathon today and Geoffrey Kamworor on coming in second.
@WilliamsRuto: Well done to Mary Keitany for defending the New York Marathon. Kudos too to Stanley Biwott and Geoffrey Kamworor for the 1-2 finish
@EAukot: All those implicated in corrupt deals have the highest of state honors. But our atheletes like Mary Keitany are hardly honoured by the state
@ngunjiriwambugu: Congratulations to Mary Keitany, Stanley Biwott & Geoffrey Kamwororo. Well done!
@SakajaJohnson: Congratulations Mary Keitany for making us proud in New York; winning twice in a row!! #nycmarathon #Kenya
@BobGodec: Hongera Stanley Biwott and Mary Keitany on the brilliant victories @nycmarathon! Kenyans lead the running world again!
@Kandie_Phyllis: Kenyans sweep NYC Marathon for 3rd straight year. Well done our brand ambassadors
@Ma3Route: Congrats to Mary Keitany n Stanley Biwott for winning New York marathon. Proud of my countrymen. Also to Kamworor n Kipsang via @agkiai
