NEW YORK — Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui gained the ladies’s race on the New York Metropolis Marathon on Sunday, pulling away from defending champion Hellen Obiri within the ultimate mile.
It was Chepkirui’s first time operating the New York race after beginning to run marathons in 2022. She completed the race in 2 hours, 24 minutes, 35 seconds. Obiri completed almost 15 seconds behind.
Obiri was seeking to be the primary repeat champion since Mary Keitany of Kenya gained three in a row from 2014-16. Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya completed third, giving the African nation the highest three spots.
Sara Vaughn, the highest American ladies’s finisher, was within the lead group heading into Mile 20 once they entered the Bronx earlier than she dropped off the lead pack. She completed sixth.
Vaughn was geared as much as run Chicago earlier than COVID-19 saved her from competing in that race. She was a late addition to this marathon.
The day received began with an upset within the males’s wheelchair race as three-time defending champion Marcel Hug was crushed by Daniel Romanchuk, who gained in 2018 and 2019. Susannah Scaroni gained the ladies’s wheelchair race. It was her second victory in New York, additionally taking the 2022 race and giving Individuals winners in each occasions — the primary time that has occurred.
The 26.2-mile course took runners by way of all 5 boroughs of New York, beginning in Staten Island and ending in Central Park. That is the forty eighth 12 months the race has been in all 5 boroughs. Earlier than that, the route was fully in Central Park when it started in 1970. The primary race had solely 55 finishers whereas greater than 50,000 are anticipated to compete this 12 months.
The climate was good to run in with temperatures within the decrease 40s when the race began. Final 12 months, it was 61 levels when the race began.
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