"I think it's an opportunity to show resilience and strength coming together. And when you come together as a community it really empowers people and helps people heal."

At 15 miles, nine athletes broke away from the front pack with Keitany grabbing the lead. At 21 miles, the pack whittled to three: Keitany, Daska and Flanagan, and the final race was on.

The pace picked up and all three runners continually traded positions. At mile 23, Flanagan, the runner from Massachusetts, pulled away and took the lead for good.

In men's race, Kamworor held off compatriot Wilson Kipsang's late challenge to win at a time of 2:10:53. Kipsang, the 2017 winner, settled for the second place at 2:10:56. Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia was third at 2:11:32.

Eritrea's Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, the 2016 winner, started strong in defending his crown, surging ahead twice but being overtaken quickly by the pack each time.

By the time the lead pack entered Central Park, Ghebreslassie was nowhere in sight. His 2016 performance was the third-fastest time ever recorded on New York's challenging course, but he faded this time.

It was a breakthrough performance for the 24-year-old Kamworor, a two times world champion in half-marathon. He's the 14th Kenyan to win the men's race here.

"I'm so happy. I feel so great to be the champion," Kamworor said. "This is my first marathon victory. I'm so happy and so delighted."

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