by NEW YORK – With clear skies and a slight chill in the air with temperatures in the mid-40s, the 53rd running of the TCS New York City Marathon kicked off at 8 a.m., with the resounding “New York, New York ” by Frank Sinatra in the background, with 50,000 runners ready to cross the starting line.
Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands, who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, won the men’s professional title in 2:07:39, edging out 2022 champion Evans Chebet of Kenya by six seconds with a final push during the last quarter mile of the event. race.
Albert Korir, 2021 winner, finishes third.
Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola, the reigning course record champion and Paris marathon gold medalist, finished fourth on the podium.
Connor Mantz and Clayton Young, who train together in Utah, finished sixth and seventh, respectively. CJ Albertson was the third American in the top 10, finishing his race in 2:10.57 in 10th place.
In the women’s professional race, a trio of Kenyans stayed close with three kilometers to go, but Sheila Chepkirui had the final push entering Central Park, crossing the finish line first in 2:24: 35, beating defending champion Hellen Obiri by 14 seconds.
Vivian Cheruiyot came third. This is the sixth consecutive time, not counting the 2020 race, canceled by the coronavirus pandemic, that Kenya has won the women’s professional race.
Sara Vaughn was the top American, finishing seventh in 2:26:56. Jessica McClain (2:27:19) was eighth and Kellyn Taylor (2:27:59) was 10th.
Nageeye and Chepkirui collected a $100,000 prize for their victories.
Americans win wheelchair races; Daniel Romanchuk upsets six-time champion Marcel Hug
Last year, Switzerland took the crown in the wheelchair events. This year, the United States was victorious, the first in the history of the race where Americans won both the men’s and women’s events.
A four-man field of Hug, Romanchuk, Tomoki Suzuki and David Weir stayed within a minute of each other for the first half of the race. But Hug, nicknamed the “Silver Bullet,” who has won this race three years in a row, is the reigning Paralympic champion and has won 16 consecutive marathons. He crashed shockingly after it appeared he and Weir had clipped each other’s wheels and finished fourth.
With less than a mile to go, Romanchuk, Suzuki and Weir were within a millisecond of each other, but Romanchuk shifted gears to win his third New York Marathon, and first since 2019 , in 1:36:31. Weir, 45, came in second, five seconds off the pace, and Suzuki finished third, eight seconds off the pace.
Susannah Scaroni, the 2022 champion, took a 26-second lead after three miles in the women’s wheelchair race, increased the lead to more than two minutes after six minutes and bombarded the rest of the field, including overtaking some men in wheelchairs. competitors, to win his second New York City Marathon in 1:48:05, the fourth largest margin of victory in history. Tatyana McFadden, four-time winner (2010, 2013, 2014 and 2015), finished second, 10 minutes and 42 seconds behind Scaroni. Swiss Manuela Schar, three-time winner of the New York marathon (2017, 2018 and 2019), finished third.
“It’s always so special to be here in New York,” Scaroni said after the race. “I woke up feeling great today, never take it for granted. Going up the last hill we had a tailwind today so I had a little more energy than usual on this hill.”
Scaroni and Romanchuk each took home $35,000 for their victories.
Famous runners
Matt James, Zac Clark, And Joe Amabile, contestants on “The Bachelorette”
Tayshia AdamsThe Bachelorette”
Amy Robach and TJ Holmes, podcasters, former “Good Morning America” anchors
Randall Parkactor, “Fresh Off the Boat” and “Always Be My Maybe”
Jennifer Connellyactress, “Top Gun: Maverick”
Claire Holtactress, “The Vampire Diaries”, “Aquarius”
Jacob SoboroffNBC News correspondent
By the numbers
$1: The first entry fee for the first New York marathon in 1970; That year, 127 runners started and 55 finished.
20 – Therapy dogs on the course
4:39:47 – Average finishing time in 2023
148 – Countries represented
$315: Registration fees for runners who are not members of the New York Road Runners
43,000 – Bagels served
51,453 – 2023 marathon finishers
This article was originally published on USA TODAY: Abdi Nageeye and Sheila Chepkirui win the 2024 New York marathon
