New York, Nov. 3 : Paula Radcliffe has become only the second woman to win the New York marathon thrice.

Radcliffe finished almost two minutes ahead of her nearest rival.

According to The Sun, the win came exactly eleven weeks after her loss at the Beijing Olympics. She could only finish 23rd there after a stress fracture hampered her preparations.

In New York, a fit and healthy Radcliffe re-established herself as the world’s best woman marathoner, clocking two hours 23.56 seconds.