Three weeks after the women’s world record in Chicago achieved by Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich, the first woman to run in less than 2 hours and 10 minutes, the last major marathon of the year took place in New York. As expected, the two world records did not falter on Sunday, November 3, as the hilly course and the absence of pacemakers did not make for fast runs. The elite field remained no less extensive with seven Olympic medalists and fourteen Paralympic medalists at the start of this prestigious race.
Among women, Kenyan Sheila Chepkirui He surprised by winning the New York Marathon in 2 hours 24 minutes 34 seconds. Until then competing mainly in 10 km, the 33-year-old athlete achieved his first major victory in a marathon. “My training was very good, I am very happy. “I tried very hard in the last kilometer, which was very hard, I pushed myself to the limit”Chepkirui explained into the ESPN microphone.
After a relatively slow start to the race, she made a strong final acceleration in Central Park to overtake compatriot Hellen Obiri, the defending champion and bronze medalist in Paris. At 41 years old, Vivian Cheruiyot, quadruple world champion, completes this 100% Kenyan podium.
“Today was my race”
Among men, it was the Dutchman Abdi Nageeye, third in 2022, who achieved his first victory in the New York Marathon in 2 hours 7 minutes 39 seconds. “I felt very good, I was super focused. The Olympic Games were very hard for me. [abandon à Paris]a big disappointment. Few people believed in me but I knew I was capable of great things, this was my career today.”declared.
At 35 years old, the 2021 Olympic runner-up in Tokyo, 6my of the London Marathon in spring, he beat three former winners in New York: the Kenyans Evans Chebet (2 h 7 min 45 sec) and Albert Korir (2 h 8 min), and the Ethiopian Tamirat Tola (2 h 8 min 12 sec ). ). The Olympic champion, winner in 2023, stalled in the last kilometers of the race. As in 2018 and 2019, Tola failed in fourth place, far from his record (2 h 4 min 58 s).
The American Daniel Romanchuck, for his part, won his third New York Marathon (2018, 2019 and 2024) in the wheelchair category in 1 h 36 min 31 s. Among the women, it was her compatriot Susannah Scaroni who won in 1 hour 48 minutes 5 seconds. In total, nearly 50,000 runners participated in the most famous marathon in the world.
