An Ethiopian finished third in the New York City marathon even though he started way back in the field, amongst 50,000 other amateurs, and had to pay to enter

6:18am PST - November 5th, 2019    finish line - Business Insider

Girma Bekele Gebre paid to enter the New York City marathon on Sunday amongst 50,000 other amateurs. But even though he started way back in the field, he managed to finish the race in third place, just 25 seconds behind the leader. He won $40,000 in prize mon…