German wins Empire State stair race

Associated Press

NEW YORK

Thomas Dold of Germany won the Empire State Building Run-Up for a record sixth-straight year Tuesday, hustling up 86 flights of stairs in 10 minutes, 10 seconds.

Alice McNamara of Australia, a rower competing in the race up the Manhattan landmark for the first time, was the women’s winner in 13 minutes, 3 seconds.

The 26-year-old Dold scaled the 1,576 steps from the lobby to the outdoor observation deck of New York’s tallest building and beat last year’s winning time by six seconds.

It was his third-fastest finish in the race.