Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands crosses the end line to win the lads’s division in the course of the New York Marathon in New York Metropolis on Sunday.
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Abdi Nageeye, 35, from the Netherlands, claimed victory within the males’s race of the New York City Marathon on Sunday with a time of two:07:39. It was his fourth look within the Huge Apple run, and his first win within the occasion.
In prior years, he positioned fifth with 2:11:39 in 2021; third with 2:10:31 in 2022; and fourth with 2:10:21 in 2023.
“On the end, I used to be like, am I dreaming? I gained New York,” Nageeye informed The Associated Press. Evans Chebet, who gained in 2022, from Kenya, completed second six seconds later.
Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya crosses the end line to win the ladies’s division of the New York Metropolis Marathon on Sunday in New York Metropolis.
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In the meantime, in her New York Metropolis Marathon debut, Sheila Chepkirui, 33, from Kenya, completed first within the girls’s race. She made it to the end line in 2:24.35. Her nearest opponent and defending champion, Hellen Obiri, was practically 15 seconds behind.
“Once we have been round 600 meters to go, I mentioned to myself: I’ve to push tougher. Once I noticed Hellen wasn’t coming, I knew I used to be going to win and was so comfortable,” Chepkirui informed the AP.
Daniel Romanchuk and Susannah Scaroni — each from the U.S. — gained within the males’s and girls’s wheelchair division respectively. Romanchuk, 26, from Maryland, completed in 1:36:31 whereas Scaroni, 33, from Washington state, secured the highest girls’s spot in 1:48:05.
Different high Individuals within the marathon have been Conner Mantz and Sara Vaughn — each of whom completed sixth within the males’s and girls’s race respectively.
Some notable celebrities additionally participated within the race together with actor Randall Park from Contemporary off the Boat; actress Jennifer Connelly from High Gun: Maverick and YouTube star Casey Neistat.
The 26.2 mile race spanned all 5 boroughs — beginning in Staten Island and ending in Central Park. It attracted 50,000 opponents from over 150 nations this yr, in keeping with predictions.
