TAMIRAT TOLA BREAKS NEWYORK CITY MARATHON COURSE RECORD.

The Ethiopian man finished in 2:04:58 as Kenya’s Hellen Obiri won an unusually slow women’s race.

Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola crosses the line to win the men’s elite race at the New York City Marathon.

NEW YORK—Ethiopian Tamirat Tola broke the men’s course record in winning the New York City Marathon on Sunday, toppling yet another mark in an era of super shoes that is remaking records across the sport.

Tola broke away around mile 19 and finished the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours, four minutes and 58 seconds on a partly cloudy, balmy day. He surpassed Geoffrey Mutai’s previous mark of 2:05:06 set in 2011.