“I thank my God for the energy he has given me,” she said.
“I’m going to say this course isn’t bad, but it ain’t easy” especially the finish.
She is the first runner to win both an Olympic gold and the New York City Marathon.
Kenya’s Viola Cheptu was also a few seconds behind Jepchirchir.
Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh finished third in the women’s race with a timing of 2 hours 22 minutes and 52 seconds.
Molly Seidel finished fourth as the top American woman in 2 hours, 24 minutes and 42 seconds. Seidel won the bronze medal in the women’s marathon at the Tokyo Olympics.
The victory was Korir’s fifth win after Vienna City in 2017, Cape Town in 2018, Houston in 2019 and Ottawa in the same year.
Morocco’s Mohamed Al Arabi finished second in the men’s race in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 6 seconds. He is followed by Italy’s Iob Faniel, who entered with a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes and 52 seconds.
Elkanah Kibet finished as the top American, finishing in fourth place with a time of 2 hours, 11 minutes and 15 seconds.
About 30,000 people were registered to participate in today’s event, the 50th New York Marathon, which travels through the city’s five boroughs: Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan. The race starts on Staten Island and ends in Central Park.
The 2020 marathon was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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