Mexico’s German Silva, two-time winner of the New York City Marathon, is as affable an athlete as there is in professional sports. He smiled, chatted and signed autographs at the Marathon Expo ...

Mexico's Silva, who was the New York City Marathon champion in 1994 and 1995, is the most charismatic winner the five-borough marathon has ever had, and probably the funniest. He's the New York Road ...

NEW YORK — German Silva of Mexico and Tegla Loroupe of Kenya grew up in heat and have trained in heat. So they felt right at home last year when they won the New York City Marathon on a day when the ...

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Kevin Sieff (left) and Germán Silva run along a dirt road in Tlaxcala (The Washington Post by Luis Antonio Rojas) For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our ...

Mexican marathoners German Silva and Benjamin Paredes were not in Miami to reprise their famous duel from the 1994 New York Marathon. They ran the Miami Half Marathon at the “people’s pace” in order ...