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New York sought a comeback story for its 50th marathon, and Albert Korir delivered.And for a city whose sports fans don t accept second best, Peres Jepchirchir came through with a memorable first.Korir and Jepchirchir made it a Kenyan sweep at Sunday s New York City Marathon, with Korir winning the men s race two years after finishing second and Jepchirchir becoming the only woman to take a marathon major in the fall after earning an Olympic gold medal. The second oldest of stanley cup the world s marathon majors returned after canceling in 2020 due to the coronavirus stanley cup pandemic. In a city where over 34,000 have died of COVID-19, organizers hoped for an uplifting celebration akin to the marathon staged two months after the 9/11 attacks.On streets emptied 21 months ago except for ambulances rushing to aid a city paralyzed by the coronavirus mdash; and later filled with anguish and frustration in the days stanley cup after George Floyd s murder mdash; there was simply joy Sunday as around 30,000 runners made their way through the city s five boroughs. Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya celebrates as she crosses the finish line giving her the win of the Women s division of the 2021 TCS New York City Marathon in Central Park on November 07, 2021 in New York City. Elsa / Getty Images Brooklynites cheered for the early rising wheelchair competitors between sips of coffe Rwfn Solar and wind generated more electricity than coal for record 5 months
For more than three and a half years, a group of seven siblings mdash; ages 5 to 14 mdash; have waited in foster care, hoping to one day find a couple they could call mom and dad.Two failed adoptions and 1,359 days in foster care later, they finally found their perfect match: Jessaka Clark and her husband, Joshua, from Rincon, Georgia. The group of boys with mom Jessaka Clark adidas samba Gofundme/clarkclanhome We prayed about it for one night, woke up the next morning after not sleeping very well and we were like, Yeah, those are our kids, Jessaka Clark, 25, told CBS News. Growing up, Clark had a front row seat to the foster care system. Her parents fostered children for years, sometimes 10 to 12 at a time. Eventually, they adopted two boys mdash; her brothers. We both knew that we wanted to adopt before we met each other, Clark said. The couple was told they would never be able to have children. Three years ago, they were surprised with the birth of their son, Noah.But their minds were made up. They still wanted to adopt.So they started working with a case wor stanley cup ker in January 2015. Over the course of the year, the couple matched with several children, but the adoptions always fell t stanley cup hrough.Until finally, one day in March 2016, they were approached about a group of kids who call themselves the Super 7. The Clark k |
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