American wins Los Angeles Marathon for first time in 31 years

Matt Richtman of Illinois became the first American to win the Los Angeles Marathon since 1994 Sunday, topping the second-largest field in race history in a blistering time of 2:07:56.

Tejinesh Gebisa Tulu of Ethiopia won the women’s portion of the race with a time of 2:30:16. Antonina Kwambai of Kenya was second at 2:30:19.

Richtman, who attended Montana State University, triumphed despite running in just his second marathon…

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