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First U.S. man since 1982 wins NYC race

For the first time since 1982, an American man won the New York City Marathon on Sunday.

SI.com: Brian Cazeneuve: For Radcliffe, NYC win is renewed redemption

On an election week when runners-up often lay claim to moral triumphs, the first three female finishers of the New York City Marathon on Sunday -- Britain's Paula Radcliffe, Russia's Ludmila Petrova and Kara Goucher of the U.S. -- each had ample context to declare victory.

SI.com: My Sportsman: Alberto Salazar

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 3. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays, click here.

SI.com: Arash Markazi: My dream tour of Nike's headquarters

I've never experienced the runners' high before. The phrase seems like such an oxymoron to me. Then again, I'm the type that circles around a parking lot 16 times just so I can get the closest spot to the front door.

SI.com: Tim Layden: Salazar inspires American Goucher

OSAKA, Japan -- Late Saturday night at Osaka Nagai Stadium, a cauldron of dead-still heat and humidity, 29-year-old veteran U.S. distance runner Kara Goucher won a bronze medal in the women's 10,000-meter run at the world track and field championships. It was a performance of considerable historical weight -- just the fifth medal by a U.S. woman in a distance running event, and the first in 15 years in the 10K -- yet from a plastic seat above the finish line, Goucher's coach saw something larger.

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