ING New York City Marathon: Double victory for Kenya

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Eyewitness News

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Kenya took home two victories at the ING New York City Marathon as Geoffrey Mutai successfully defended his New York City Marathon title and Priscah Jeptoo rallied to win the women's race.

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.

Mutai pulled away around Mile 22 and beat Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede by 52 seconds. He's the first man to repeat in New York since Kenya's John Kagwe in 1997-98.

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