Kiplagat vs Jeptoo for 500,000$ at NYC Marathon

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Tuesday, 29 October 2013

The women's field at ING New York City Maratahon will see a classic clash between one of the worlds two best marathoners of Kenya Edna Kiplagat and Priscah Jeptoo.To make it more interesting, between these two ladies the World Marathon Major title and prize of 500,000& will be decided on Sunday.

Kiplagat is the two-time World champion while Jeptoo is the 2012 Lonond Olympic silver medallist and 2013 London marathon champion.

Currently Kenya's Rita Jeptoo sits at the top of the women's world marathon standings, but she is not running the NYC race. Jeptoo won both the Boston in April and Chicago marathon just two weeks ago.

This is the scenario for the the 2012-13 World Marathon Major at NYC Marathon on Sunday.

If Priscah Jeptoowins the race she takes the WMM top prize.

If Kiplagat wins or finishes second but beats Priscah Jeptoo she takes the 500,000$ and top crown directly.

If Priscah Jeptoo finishes second and/or Kiplagat finishes third, both athletes/all three athletes will be tied with 65 points. The head-to-head tiebreaker isn't applicable, so Rita Jeptoo would win the WMM crown.

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/10/29/2861742/marathon-season-concludes-with.html#storylink=cpy

As well in the field is a two time New York City Marathon champion Yelena Prokopchuka of Latvia . There is also a group of high profile athletes like Firehiwot Dado, Bezunesh Deba, Valeria Straneo, Risa Shigetomo and a Tetyana Gamera-Shmyrko, who all have achieved podium in the major marathon events and hold marathon PR's faster than 2:24.

Women's Elite Fields

Bib	Last	First	Nation	Affiliation	Age	PR	PR Venue	Comment
102	Kiplagat	Edna	KEN	Nike	34	2:19:50	London, 2012	2011/2013 World Champ; 2010 LA and NYC Marathon champion
103	Jeptoo	Priscah	KEN	Nike	29	2:20:14	London, 2012	2011 WCA silver; 2012 OG silver; 2013 LON champ
104	Deba	Buzunesh	ETH	Nike	26	2:23:19	New York, 2011	2nd 2011 NYCM; 2011 RNR San Diego Champion
105	Straneo	Valeria	ITA	Runner Team 99/Nike	37	2:23:44	Rotterdam, 2012	2013 WCA silver medalist; ITA record holder for marathon
106	Daunay	Christelle	FRA	Nike	38	2:24:22	Paris, 2010	French marathon record-holder
107	Prokopcuka	Jelena	LAT	Nike	37	2:22:56	Osaka, 2005	Two-time NYCM champion
108	Shigetomo	Risa	JPN	Tenmaya	26	2:23:23	Osaka, 2012	2012 Osaka Marathon champion; 2012 Olympian
109	Gamera-Shmyrko	Tetyana	UKR	Nike	30	2:23:58	Osaka, 2013	2013 Osaka Marathon winner/5th OG Marathon
110	Smith	Kim	NZL	New Balance	31	2:25:21	London, 2010	NZL marathon record holder; 3-time Olympian
111	Félix	Ana Dulce	POR	adidas	31	2:25:40	New York, 2011	2012 Euro 10,000m champion
112	Mockenhaupt	Sabrina	GER	Puma	32	2:26:21	Berlin, 2010	Three-time Olympian; over 30 national titles
114	Stublic	Lisa	CRO	NYAC	29	2:25:44	Zurich, 2013	Born and raised in Waterbury, CT
115	Caballero	Yolanda	COL	adidas	31	2:26:17	Boston, 2011	2012 Olympian; SA HM rec (1:10:30)
116	Hastings	Amy	USA	Brooks	29	2:27:03	Los Angeles, 2011	2012 USA OT 10,000m champion (4th OT Marathon)
117	Nukuri-Johnson	Diane	BDI	Asics	28	2:29:54	Boston, 2013	2013 Bay to Breakers champ; 2-time Olympian
118	Bawcom	Janet	USA	Nike	35	2:29:45	Olympic Trials, 2012	2012 Olympian; Became USA citizen in 2010
119	Nelson	Adriana	USA	Asics	33	2:28:52	London, 2008	2013 USA HM champ; 2012 USA WHM team
120	Williams	Alisha	USA	Boulder RC/adidas	31	2:34:58	Cal Int’l, 2012	5th 2012 USA OT 10,000m