“Do you know about the New York City Marathon?” he said, handing me his smartphone, which showed a photo of a man crossing the finish line with arms raised in the air. (STUART RAMSON/AP) MARATHON MAN Tesfaye Jifar crosses the finish to win the 32nd New York City Marathon on Nov. 4, 2001. “Winning the New York City Marathon certainly is a big financial payoff, but a lifetime is a long time, especially with families,” she says. He had promised his wife a gold car.”Many NYC Marathon runners already crossed personal finish linesMonti arranged for the car to be shipped in a container to Ethiopia. Some two months later, Jifar’s New York City Marathon prize finally arrived.

Source: Ethiopian News November 04, 2016 10:01 UTC