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Runners have been competing in the annual stair race up the Empire State Building.

Competitors have to run up a total of 1,576 steps to the Observatory deck on the 86th floor of the New York skyscraper.

The men's race was won by Germany's Thomas Dold, 25, for the fifth year running, in 10 minutes and 16 seconds.

The women's champion was 40-year-old New Zealander Melissa Moon, who finished in 13 minutes and 13 seconds.