Almgren, Chepkirui win NYC Marathon

Andreas Almgren of Sweden and Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya had been the primary man and girl respectively to win the New York Metropolis Marathon on Sunday — beating a file variety of rivals.

Almgren, 31, put his finest foot ahead in his New York Metropolis debut with a end time of 02:06:01. His time was a couple of minute behind the file of two:04:58 set in 2023 by Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia.

Chepkirui, 35, in the meantime captured her second victory within the ladies’s race with a time of two:24:36. Chepkirui additionally gained the New York race in 2024.

Her time was about 5 minutes off the file 2:19:51 set by fellow Kenyan Hellen Obiri final yr.

The winners led a pack of practically 60,000 runners, essentially the most ever for the race.

Almgren dethroned 2025 champion Benson Kipruto of Kenya, who narrowly cinched his win final yr with a time of two:08:09. Almgren gained by 13 seconds this yr, pulling away from Italian Yemaneberhan Crippa within the closing mile.

Chepkirui distanced herself from fellow Obiri, 36, within the closing 150 meters to safe this yr’s win. In second place was American Jessica McClain, 34, who overtook Obiri within the closing seconds.

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Andreas Almgren, Sweden 02:06:01
Yemaneberhan Crippa, Italy 2:06:14
Kamohelo Mofolo, Lesotho 2:06:26
Benson Kipruto, Kenya 2:06:27
Haftu Strintzos, Australia 2:06:34

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Sheila Chepkirui, Kenya 2:24:36
Jessica McClain, USA 2:24:42
Hellen Obiri, Kenya 2:24:43
Edna Kiplagat, Kenya 2:25:42
Mercy Chelangat, Kenya 2:25:46

Sunday’s occasion marked the fiftieth operating of the race — and the primary time in additional than a decade that noticed a change in its five-borough course.

The 1-mile stretch of the race that flows by means of The Bronx was barely rerouted after years of complaints from residents who griped the regular stream of runners by means of the present course lower them off from obligatory facilities.

With Publish Wires