In the midst of the climate crisis, New York It received its marathoners with the best weather in years, with plenty of sun, little wind and a full atmosphere on the streets. In this kind condition, Abdi Nageeye (2h07’39) and Sheila Chepkirui (2h24’35) is the fastest in 50,000 runners who had the fortune – by a draw – to be on the starting line next to the Verrazzano Narrows bridge.
New York’s two current champions, Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiristarted as great favorites to repeat the victory, but lost steam in the last kilometers and abdicated the throne. The women’s race left an exciting rivalry between Sheila Chepkirui and Hellen Obiriguarding the winding streets of Central Parkas if it were track athletics. But Chepkirui He had one more gear and put it 400 meters from the finish line to take the win in 2:24:35. Obiri gave up, accepted defeat and crossed the finish line on his fourth podium in a ‘Major’, after his victories in Boston 2024, New York 2023 and Boston 2023.
With such favorable weather conditions, the only difficulty in the race is the hardness of its ‘leg-breaking’ route, with bridges, slopes, descents and parks. The Ethiopian Tamirat Tola He is the favorite because of his excellent form, having won last year in the Big Apple and doing so this summer in the marathon of the Olympic Games. Paris 2024with a very demanding profile. Tola, too, before entering the number warning that their goals for 2025 will change and that the world title to Tokyo 2025 -he has already become world champion in Oregon 2022- or repeat the victory in New York Marathon They were no longer in his plans. His ambitious goal this is what happens to beat the world record of Kelvin Kiptum of 2h00’35 and for this he plans to run Berlin in September 2025 to achieve this.
Abdi Nageeye35 years old, achieved the first victory for the Netherlands in this event. Born in Somalia in the midst of war, he found refuge in Dutch lands after also wandering in Syria. Athletics became his escape route and opened doors of hope. Your coach is Patrick Sangsame as Eliud Kipchogewith him on a team in Kenya, the NN Running Team. He would have excelled on the track, but he was always comfortable on the road, where he became a silver medalist in Tokyo 2020 -debated in Sapporo because of the pandemic-. In Paris he did not have the best feelings and decided to leave the race in order not to tire and prepare well for the other big goal of the year in the Big Apple. This is his fourth participation in the New Yorkwhere he was third in the 2022 edition.
RESULT
Man
1) Abdi Nageeye (NED) 2h07’39
2) Evans Chebet (KEN) 2h07’45
3) Albert Korir (KEN) 2h08’00
4) Tamirat Tola (ETH) 2h08’12
5) Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN) 2h08’50
6) Conner Mantz (USA) 2h09’00
7) Clayton Young (USA) 2h09’21
8) Abel Kipchumba (KEN) 2h10’39
9) Bashir Abdi (BEL) 2h10’39
10) CJ Albertson (USA) 2h10’57
woman
1) Sheila Chepkirui (KEN) 2h24’35
2) Hellen Obiri (KEN) 2h24’49
3) Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 2h25’21
4) Eunice Chumba (BRN) 2h25’58
5) Fabienne Schlumpf (SUI) 2h26’31
6) Sara Vaughn (USA) 2h26’56
7) Senbere Teferi (ETH) 2h27’14
8) Jessica McClain (USA) 2h27’19
9) Sharon Lokeidi (KEN) 2h27’45
10) Kellyn Taylor (USA) 2h27’59
Source: La Verdad
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