Kenyan-Israeli runner Lonah Chemtai Salpeter on Sunday finished second in the New York City Marathon which is considered the largest marathon in the world.
The 33-year-old took the lead in the last few kilometers, but was eventually outpaced by Kenya's Sharon Lokedi, and finished just 7 seconds behind her, stopping the clock at 2 hours, 23 minutes, and 30 seconds.
Some 50,000 other runners from 91 countries competed in the event, which was held without restrictions for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, with spectators allowed to view the competition a stonecast from the track, providing the runners with an electric atmosphere.
The runners had to soldier on through relatively high temperatures, 23℃ (73℉), and high humidity.
Chemtai Salpeter continues her wonderful year of achievements. In August, she bagged bronze in the 10,000 meters run at the European Championship, just a month after her career's crowning achievement so far — a bronze at the U.S. World Athletics Championships.
It was Israel's fourth medal in the World Athletics Championships, and Chemtai Salpeter was the first Israeli runner to achieve that, with other successes coming in the pole vault and triple jump events.
The World Athletics Championships triumph was a kind of redemption for Chemtai Salpeter who narrowly missed out on a medal at the Tokyo Olympics a little over a year earlier, where she competed for third place up to the last few kilometers.