Olivera Jevtic finishes ninth in NY Marathon

Olivera Jevtic

New York, UNITED STATES, November 2, 2003 - Margaret Okayo shattered the course record she set in 2001 by nearly two minutes and Martin Lel raced to his first title Sunday, leading another dominating Kenyan contingent in the New York City Marathon.

Okayo finished in 2 hours, 22 minutes, 31 seconds, while Lel won in 2:10.30, beating countrymen Rodgers Rop and Christopher Cheboiboch.

Best Serbia-Montenegro's female athlete Olivera Jevtic was ninth in 2:32:30.

Jevtic finished third in last year's New York marathon but tested positive for the banned stimulant ephedrine.