Obiri, the 2017 and 2019 World 5,000m champion, clocked one hour, seven minutes and 21 seconds for her sixth career half marathon victory, crushing the previous course record by 14 seconds
Obiri beat defending champion Ethiopia’s Senbere Teferi to second place in 1:07:55 as Norwegian Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal came third in 1:09:53
World Half Marathon champion Jacob Kiplimo from Uganda won the men’s title, beating compatriot and world 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei
World 10,000 metres silver medallist Hellen Obiri won the New York City Half Marathon in a new course record on Sunday in the American city.
Obiri, the 2017 and 2019 World 5,000m champion, clocked one hour, seven minutes and 21 seconds for her sixth career half marathon victory, crushing the previous course record by 14 seconds.
