Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands won the men’s race at the New York City Marathon on Sunday and Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya took the women’s event
Victories for Kenya and Netherlands in sunny raceBoth runners pulled away from their closest competitors in the final few hundred meters to come away with their first victories in the race.Nageeye was step-for-step with 2022 champion Evans Chebet before using a burst heading into Central Park to come away with the win in two hours, seven minutes and 39 seconds. Chebet finished six seconds behind.
Chepkirui was running New York for the first time and pulled away from defending champion Hellen Obiri in the women’s race. Chepkirui started to run marathons in 2022. She finished the race in 2:24:35. Obiri finished nearly 15 seconds behind. Obiri was looking to become the first repeat champion since Mary Keitany of Kenya won three in a row from 2014-16. Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya finished third, giving the African nation the top three spots.
The top Americans finished sixth in both races. Conner Mantz led the men and Sara Vaughn the women. Vaughn was in the lead group heading into Mile 20 when they entered the Bronx before she dropped off the lead pack. Vaughn was geared up to run Chicago before Covid-19 kept her from competing in that race. She was a late addition to this marathon.
The day got started with an upset in the men’s wheelchair race as three-time defending champion Marcel Hug was beaten by Daniel Romanchuk, who won in 2018 and 2019. Susannah Scaroni won the women’s wheelchair race. It was her second victory in New York, also taking the 2022 race and giving American winners in both events – the first time that has happened.
The 26.2-mile course took runners through all five boroughs of New York, starting in Staten Island and ending in Central Park. This is the 48th year the race has been in all five boroughs. Before that, the route was completely in Central Park when it began in 1970. The first race had only 55 finishers while more than 50,000 were expected to compete this year.
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