{"id":3932,"date":"2014-11-02T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=3932"},"modified":"2014-11-02T15:34:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-02T19:34:06","slug":"wilson-kipsang-outkicks-desisa-to-win-new-york-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-athletics-news-3\/wilson-kipsang-outkicks-desisa-to-win-new-york-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson Kipsang outkicks Desisa to win New York Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 534px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/athletics\/images\/kipsang-desisa-ny-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"401\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kipsang and Desisa battle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wilson Kipsang, who set the world marathon record in 2013 and beat a strong field to win the London marathon in 2014, won the 2014 New York marathon in an epic battle with Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>In the process, Kipsang won the world marathon series which comes with a prize of US $500,000 in addition to the $100,000 he earned for winning the New York marathon.<\/p>\n<p>In cold conditions that were in the range of 45 fahrenheit (7 celsius), Kipsang and Desisa went neck and neck over the last mile.<\/p>\n<p>Kipsang led coming back into the Central Park as they approached theas they neared central park, then Desisa fought back and took the lead. 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