World Marathon Majors Series 2009-10 Ends at ING New York City Marathon
Series champions Wanjiru, Shobukhova to be awarded $500,000 and honored on Monday, November 8 in New York

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Posted Monday, 8 November, 2010

From Ryan Lamppa, Running USA

NEW YORK - (November 7, 2010) - The running of the 41st ING New York City Marathon marked the official conclusion of the 2009-10 World Marathon Majors series. The overall series standings remained largely unchanged with Kenya's Sammy Wanjiru and Russia's Liliya Shobukhova having both earned insurmountable leads after victories at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon last month. However, New York City race champions Gebre Gebrmariam of Ethiopia and Edna Kiplagat of Kenya added their names to the mix with their 25-point efforts.

Series champions Wanjiru and Shobukhova will be honored on Monday, November 8 at a World Marathon Majors banquet in New York City where they will be awarded their $500,000 first place prizes.

2009-10 World Marathon Majors Series Top 3
MEN
1) Samuel Wanjiru (KEN), 75 points
2) Tesgaye Kebede (ETH), 65
3) Emmanuel Mutai (KEN), 50

WOMEN
1) Liliya Shobukhova (RUS), 85 points
2) Irina Mikitenko (GER), 41
3) Salina Kosgei (KEN), 36

For more information including deeper standings, visit: www.worldmarathonmajors.com