Andreas Almgren wins the New York City Marathon in his debut at the distance
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NEW YORK (AP) — Andreas Almgren came to watch the New York City Marathon a year ago and decided that night he was going to make his debut in the event this year.It turned out to be a great choice: The Swedish half-marathon star won his debut in the 26.2-mile distance Sunday, running the third-fastest time in race history. He finished in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 1 second. That was 13 seconds faster than the second-place finisher Yemaneberhan Crippa of Italy, who also was making his New York City debut.“Started talking about plans, my long-term plans, in my mind I thought it was a good plan,” Almgren said. “Here we are a year later and I won this race.”Almgren said he went to a three spots to watch the race last year, taking in the scene in Brooklyn around Mile 8, then seeing the crowd as the runners entered Manhattan when they got off the bridge. Finally, he went to Central Park to catch the last couple of miles of the race.A year later, he was running in those same spots, spurred on by t