NEW YORK (AP) — Daniele Meucci won the Healthy Kidney 10K race on Saturday, the first Italian champion of the event in Central Park.
He finished in 28 minutes, 28 seconds, using a final sprint to edge Leonard Korir by 2 seconds. Bobby Curtis was third in 28:37.
Three Americans on the Olympic Marathon team used the race as a tuneup. Abdi Abdirahman was fifth (28:56); Meb Keflezighi was seventh (29:08) and Ryan Hall finished 15th (30:15).
Keflezighi won the U.S. Olympic marathon trials in Houston in January and the 2009 New York City Marathon.