Netherlands’ Abdi Nagiye wins men’s race at New York City Marathon

NEW YORK – Abdi Nagyye of the Netherlands won the men’s race and Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won the women’s race at the New York City Marathon on Sunday.

Both runners fell behind their nearest competitors in the last few hundred meters and took their first wins in the race.

Ngiye raced into Central Park to keep pace with 2022 champion Evans Chebet and won in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 39 seconds. Chebet finished 6 seconds behind.

Chepkirui was racing in New York for the first time and finished behind defending champion Helen Obiri in the women’s race. Chepkirui started running marathons in 2022. He completed the race in 2:24.35. Obiri finished about 15 seconds behind.

Obiri was looking to become champion again for the first time since Kenya’s Mary Keitany won three consecutive titles from 2014-16. Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot finished third, giving the African country a top three finish.

Men’s defending champion and Paris Olympics gold medalist Tamirat Tola finished fourth, just behind Albert Korir.

The top American finished sixth in both races. Connor Muntz led the men’s and Sarah Vaughan led the women’s. Vonn was in the lead group heading into mile 20 when she entered the Bronx, before falling out of the lead pack.

Vonn was set to run Chicago before COVID-19 prevented her from competing in that race. She joined this marathon late.

The day started with an upset by three-time defending champion Marcel Hug in the men’s wheelchair race beaten by Daniel Romanchuk, who won in 2018 and 2019. Susanna Scaroni wins the women’s wheelchair race. It was his second win in New York, also taking victory in the 2022 race, making the Americans winners of both events – the first time this 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 held in all five boroughs. Previously, when it opened in 1970, the route was entirely in Central Park. The first race had only 55 finishers while this year more than 50,000 people are expected to compete.

When the race started the weather was perfect for running with temperatures in the low 40s. Last year, the temperature was 61 degrees when the race started.