Paula Radcliffe of Britain has won the New York City Half-Marathon, finishing two seconds off the course record. Radcliffe finished in 1 hour, 9 minutes, 45 seconds for her seventh straight victory in New York City. Mamitu Daska of Ethiopia was second in 1:11:04. Catherine Ndereba of Kenya, who set the course record in 2006, was third in 1:11:56. Defending champion Tadese Tola of Ethiopia easily won the men's race in 1:01:06. Ridouane Harroufi of Morocco was second in 1:02:33, and Ryan Hall of the United States was another two seconds back. Radcliffe, who had surgery on her right foot in March, said “it felt fine.” She will decide Wednesday whether to run in the marathon at the world championships in Berlin next Sunday.
