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In a double victory for Kenya, Geoffrey Mutai has successfully defended his New York City Marathon title and Priscah Jeptoo rallied to win the women's race.

Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya runs the ING New York City Marathon in Brooklyn
Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya runs the ING New York City Marathon in Brooklyn (Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)
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Athletes in the Wheelchair Division cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the ING New York City Marathon
Athletes in the Wheelchair Division cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the ING New York City Marathon (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
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Mutai set the course record the last time the NYC Marathon was held, in 2011. Sunday's race returned after last year's cancellation because of the destruction of Superstorm Sandy. Security was also heightened after the bombings at April's Boston Marathon.

On a windy morning, Mutai had an unofficial time of 2 hours, 8 minutes, 24 seconds, well off his mark of 2:05:06 set in nearly perfect conditions.

Jeptoo trailed Buzunesh Deba by nearly 3½ minutes at the halfway point. But she started making her move as the race entered Manhattan and passed Deba with just more than 2 miles to go.

 

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