Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands and Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui received the boys’s and ladies’s races respectively on the New York Metropolis Marathon.
Britain’s David Weir was second within the males’s wheelchair race, received by American favorite Daniel Romanchuk.
Romanchuk, who was additionally victorious in 2018 and 2019, completed in a single hour 36 minutes 31 seconds – 5 seconds away from Weir, with Japan’s Tomoko Suzuki eight seconds additional again in third.
Switzerland’s Marcel Hug, the winner of 16 straight marathons and bidding for a fourth consecutive victory in New York, was fourth.
Susannah Scaroni received the ladies’s wheelchair race for the second time, ending greater than 10 minutes away from fellow American and five-time champion Tatyana McFadden. Switzerland’s Manuela Schar was third.
Nageeye completed strongly, surging previous Kenyan Evans Chebet, the 2022 champion, within the remaining stretch to clock 2:07.39. Kenya’s Albert Korir was third.
“I used to be so targeted. After I reached the end, the emotion was not there. It felt like I used to be dreaming,” mentioned Nageeye, a silver medallist on the 2020 Olympics.
Chepkirui triumphed in 2:24.35 to assert her first world marathon main win.
She completed 14 seconds away from 2023 winner Hellen Obiri, with Vivian Cheruiyot finishing an all-Kenyan podium.
“This implies loads to me,” mentioned Chepkirui. “I needed to actually dig in and it was actually onerous. I pushed myself to the restrict and I’m so completely happy.”
