Shalane Flanagan - First American Woman to win NYC Marathon since 1977

Crowd video of the incredible win of Shalane Flanagan on a rain day in NYC for the marathon!

[@TheNormalDude911]

This gives me chills.

[@colleendrake9661]

Amazing!! Go GIRL!!!

[@memadelrey5099]

I am crying like a baby 😢 such a moving clip. You are amazing !!!

[@kimberlywalker7107]

Literally chills!!🔥🎉

[@tekkenfan01]

Go Shalane

[@inkjob12]

made me tear up

[@obscurelyvague]

We are lucky it happened within our lifetime.

[@waterproof4403]

I saw in a comment Mary Keitany was paid to place 2nd on purpose. I hope that's not true. It couldn't be l

[@obscurelyvague]

​@@waterproof4403 ​ @Nati Born2Run But who paid her? Of course, it could be like some horse races are also "fixed" and the Mafia is involved. But also unless there is ever any outright evidence such as a whistle blower who says that the NY Road Runner's Club, (or whoever) paid Kitany more money to come in second, or maybe offered her a deal she could not refuse, there may never be a way to tell if it is true. After all Kitany actually had no other competition in that race as good as her. It is a bit surprising that her greatest competition was Flanigan. Also Kitany would have gotten pretty good money even for second place, so yes, she would have had to be offered more money NOT to make first place. BY the way, Kitany is now retired from racing. It would be hard for anyone to win the NYC Marathon 9 times. Greta Weitz set the bar high but it could also be said that when Greta Weitz reigned, she did not have a lot of competition. A person would have to be a world class runner and win the race starting at about age 18 for best results since Kitany reached her late 30s by the time she won four times and it was not likely she could keep winning into her 40s.

[@waterproof4403]

@@obscurelyvague I agree. Still Mary is the greatest female marathon runner. 2017 new your marathon means a lot to Shalane. That's her first and only marathon win. Not only that she finished ahead of Mary. The press conference after the race was so weird. Mary kept saying she had problems she didn't want to talk about

[@alicek6676]

​@waterproof4403 Mary got period cramps during this race, she didn't want to state that during the post race interview being very conservative about talking about her menses.

[@obscurelyvague]

@@alicek6676 Where she comes from it is a death sentence, social wise.

[@obscurelyvague]

The guy shouting must have bet on her.

[@DemocratsareagentsofSATAN]

'Merica! Fuck Ya!!!

[@jerryv1589]

Amazing performance by a proud Tarheel. You go Shalene

[@SuperNoobTroll]

But did she beat Rosie Ruiz' record time?

[@maggie0285]

Rosie Ruiz is a cheater

[@yesufabdulhakim9326]

The East Africans got tierd of winning …thy were like let us let this white lady win once it would give the impression that thy have a chance at marathon:)