Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia Wins New York Marathon Women’s Race

By Dex McLuskey

Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) --Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia won the women’s race at the New York Marathon.

The 37-year-old Tulu collected 10,000-meter gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1992 and 2000 and last won a major marathon in London in 2001.

Russian Ludmila Petrova was runner-up for the second straight year, Christelle Daunay of France was third and two- time defending champion Paula Radcliffe, the world-record holder from the U.K., was fourth.