Almgren wins in New York on marathon debut

Andreas Almgren continued his remarkable year by winning the New York Marathon men's race on his debut over 26.2 miles.

The 31-year-old Swede broke the European half-marathon record in September, having already won 10,000m gold at the European Athletics Championships in August.

Almgren then lived up to the anticipation surrounding his marathon debut by finishing in two hours, six minutes and one second in New York - 13 seconds in front of Italy's Yemaneberhan Crippa.

Lesotho's Kamohelo Mofolo finished a further 12 seconds back in third.

Almgren became the first European-born man in 30 years to win the race in New York, after Italy's Giacomo Leone in 1996.