Posted: October 5, 2007

Athletics (RRW): Hladyr & Wanjiru Withdraw From ING New York City Marathon

From David Monti © 2007 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved RaceResultsWeekly.com Two key athletes who had been contracted to run the 2007 ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 4, have withdrawn from the race, according to the New York Road Runners, the race founders and organizers. Tetyana Hladyr of Ukraine, the surprise second place finisher in last year's women's race, has been forced to quit the field due to a foot injury which will require surgery, according to her agent Andrey Baranov. Her husband, Aleksandr Kuzin, still remains in the field, however. He set a personal best of 2:07:33 in a solo run in Linz last April. Also out of the race is the world record holder in the half-marathon, Samuel Wanjiru. Wanjiru, who runs for a Japanese corporate team, decided to postpone his debut because of unspecified difficulties with his preparations, according to his agent, Federico Rosa.