Cumbrian athlete Simon Lawson claimed a top-ten finish in the New York City Marathon.

The Maryport star finished tenth in the men's wheelchair race with a time of one hour, 42 minutes and 27 seconds.

Lawson, 41, was the second fastest British athlete in the race behind seventh-placed Johnboy Smith, who finished in a time of 1:40:09.

It was Lawson's latest top-ten finish in the USA after his eighth-placed finish in the Chicago Marathon last month.

The west Cumbrian's latest outing on the international stage came in a race won by Switzerland's Marcel Hug in a time of 1:25:29.

He was followed by American Daniel Romanchuk and the Netherlands' Jetze Plat.

Irish athlete Patrick Monahan was also in the top ten, finishing eighth.

Whitehaven-born Lawson has been a leading competitor in wheelchair marathon racing for many years.

His record includes silver at the 2015 Great North Run before Lawson finished 14th at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

He then broke the British record with a time of 1:25:06 at 2017's Boston Marathon - and won the Great North Run that year.

2018 saw Lawson win bronze at the Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast, and the west Cumbrian repeated the feat at the 2022 Games in Birmingham.

Last year hundreds of people in his home town lined Maryport's streets to salute Lawson following his latest medal-winning exploits.

In the main men's race in New York, meanwhile, Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won in a course record time of 2:04:58, ahead of Kenya's Albert Korir and Shura Kitata.

The women's race saw victory for Kenya's Hellen Obiri in 2:27:23 ahead of Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey and Kenya's Sharon Lokedi.

In the women's wheelchair race, Swiss athlete Catherine Debrunner won in 1:39:32 ahead of countrywoman Manuela Schar and America's Susannah Scaroni, with Britain's Eden Rainbow-Cooper fourth.