Matt Richtman becomes first American man to win LA Marathon in 31 years

For the archetypal clip successful 31 years, an American has won the Los Angeles Marathon. 

Matt Richtman, an Illinois native, was the victor successful what was the second-largest tract successful the race’s history, per ABC7. He ran 2:07:56, and bore an American emblem aft crossing the decorativeness line. 

Ethiopia’s Tejinesh Gebisa Tulu won the women’s contention astatine 2:30:16. 

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Koichiro Kodama, president and CEO of ASICS America, celebrates with Matt Richtman aft helium won the Los Angeles Marathon astatine Westfield Century City connected March 16, 2025. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

"It’s decidedly a surprise," Richtman admitted aft winning the race, per ABC7. "You know, I came successful feeling truly good; it’s truly hard to justice wherever you stack up against competition, but it was a truly bully radical retired determination today, and I was truly blessed to tally with those guys and past yet triumph it."

Richtman was successful beforehand of Kenya’s Athanas Kioko, who finished successful 2nd with a clip of 2:10:55, portion chap Kenyan Mose Kiptoo finished 3rd astatine 2:13:13. 

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Richtman, who was a Montana State University Bobcat successful college, added that helium truly "didn’t person excessively overmuch of a strategy" to travel distant with the win. 

"The archetypal fractional I conscionable wanted to enactment successful that group, didn’t truly privation to propulsion the gait oregon pb oregon thing similar that, conscionable benignant of stay, consciousness it out, ‘cause it’s a challenging course.

Matt Richtman crosses the decorativeness enactment and wins the Los Angeles Marathon connected March 16, 2025. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

"The full contention I was moving with a small spot of fear. It’s pugnacious erstwhile you can’t spot what’s going connected down you."

Fear intelligibly pushed Richtman into immoderate cogwheel helium needed to support the gait and transverse the decorativeness enactment first. 

Richtman sent his appreciation retired to those successful the metropolis of Los Angeles who were cheering him connected passim the race.

Matt Richtman celebrates aft crossing the decorativeness enactment astatine the Los Angeles Marathon connected March 16, 2025. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

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"It’s specified a large day, you know, the 40th day (of the race), there’s truthful galore bequest runners retired here, and the assemblage retired her was amazing," helium said. "There were radical passim the full people and it truly helps. It's astonishing however overmuch a assemblage tin alteration the people of what you’re doing."

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