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Thomas Dold, of Stuttgart, Germany, lies down on the observation deck after running up the 1,576 steps of the Empire State Building in 10:08. Dold has won the Empire State Run-up for the third year in a row.

Second place went to Rickey Gates (kneeling) of Colorado.

The race was held 05 February, 2008.

Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times, Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company.