Andreas Almgren wins men's race in NYC in his marathon debut, Sheila Chepkirui wins women's race

NEW YORK (AP) — Andreas Almgren of Sweden won the men’s race of the New York City Marathon in his debut in the event while Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won the women’s race on Sunday for the second time.Almgren was making his debut at 26.2 miles after a successful career running half-marathons. He pulled away from Yemaneberhan Crippa of Italy in the final mile to take the victory in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 1 second.“This is my first marathon. I didn’t know how I was supposed to feel,” said Almgren, who earned $100,000 for the victory.Crippa finished 13 seconds behind. Kamohelo Mofolo of Lesotho was third, edging out defending champion Benson Kipruto.Almgren's time was the third fastest in the course's 50-year history, and six runners went under 2:07 to finish in the top 10 all-time times.“I just tried to stay up at front and see what happened and see how the race developed,” Almgren said. “I didn’t think it was going to be that quick of a finish, but I didn’t really know anything about tha