The 20 best photos of the New York Marathon

kenya day Sheila Chepkirui and the Dutch Abdi Nageye This Sunday was announced as the champions of the New York Marathon after two exciting sprints.

Chepkirui, 33, won the result over his partner Helen Obiriwho defended his victory last year in New York to repeat the double he had already achieved in Boston in 2023 and 2024.

However, Chepkirui crossed her path and finished with a time of 2h24:35 to achieve her first victory in a marathon after finishing second. Berlin in 2023 and fourth in London last year as well.

Kenyan Sheila Chepkirui smiles after winning the women’s division of the New York Marathon (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Obiri, who won Olympic bronze this year in the Paris 2024 marathon, finished with 2:24:49.

In the men’s competition, Nageeye, 35, became the hero of New York after winning in Rotterdam in 2022 and the Olympic money in Tokyo 2020.

A young woman greets him before starting the competition (REUTERS/Kena Betancur)

Nageeye also had to work hard till the end to leave Kenya Evans Chebet and reached the finish line first with 2h07:39.

Champion in New York in 2022, Chebet finished with 2:07:45. The Ethiopian Tamirat Tola He was looking for a second consecutive victory in the New York event but finished fourth in 2:08:12.

Thousands of people took part in the New York Marathon (REUTERS/Kena Betancur)

Tola, who set a new record last year at the event in New York, won gold this summer with an Olympic record in the Paris marathon 2024.

For both women and men, the 2024 New York Marathon had two very tactical races, fought, with tight groups and in which victory was not decided until the last stretch.

A participant is excited after finishing the race in New York (REUTERS/Kena Betancur)

This test is not a strange situation, since the route to New York is very hard and challenging compared to those of the other ‘majors’ of the 42 kilometers (Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin and Chicago).

In the wheelchair competition, the United States did a double with victory Susannah Scaroni y Daniel Romanchuk. Rafael Botello He was the only Spaniard in the competition and finished in fourteenth place in a wheelchair with a time of 1h50:48.

Dakota Popehn (USA) and other elite runners start the New York City Marathon on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (Kevin R. Wexler-Imagn Images/USA TODAY Sports)

After more than 25 kilometers of side eyes, scary skirmishes and caution among the runners, the first real cut came with Tola in front and setting the pace in a group of six.

However, shortly before kilometer 35 the champion fell behind and could not recover no matter how hard he tried while three runners were escaping in the lead. : Geoffrey Kamworor, Chebet y Sleep.

Kamworor did not take long to fall, so the victory was in the hands of Chebet and Nageeye, who reached the same strength at the end.

They had none to bring out the hammer for the final attack until the last kilometer in Central Park, when Nageeye unleashed a last-ditch effort to take the win.

American redshirt Daniel Romanchuk- appears at the start of the marathon; won the wheelchair competition with a time of 1:36:31 (Kevin R. Wexler-Imagn Images/USA TODAY Sports)

A similar development followed the women’s race. After almost two hours of a very large group of runners without significant differences, a sudden cut reduced the lead to only five competitors with Obiri among them.

Finally, there were three people who arrived with a chance of victory in the last 5 kilometers, all Kenyans: the aforementioned Obiri and her companions Chepkirui and Vivian Cheruiyot.

Men’s Professional Division runners compete in the Queens at the New York City Marathon (John Jones-Imagn Images/USA TODAY Sports)

Obiri may have started with an advantage because last year he won with an exciting sprint in the last kilometer

Cheruiyot could not resist the pull under the Central Park trees and the victory was in the hands of just two runners with two kilometers to go.

The runners pass through Central Park in Manhattan (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly)

But when Obiri was already reaching for his second consecutive crown, Chepkirui made one last big effort to achieve glory in New York.

One more year and 21 have already passed, the women’s record in New York could not be broken and it is still held by the Kenyan Margaret Okayo with 2h22:31 in 2003 who now far away.

Costumed runners cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid)

Spectators display flags and cut faces in downtown Brooklyn (REUTERS/Maye-E Wong)

A person, with his face covered by an urn-shaped box, holds a sign saying “Run to the polls”, referring to next Tuesday’s elections in the US (REUTERS/Maye-E Wong)

Runners cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge during the New York Marathon (REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid)

A police officer with runners in the Brooklyn borough of New York City during the marathon (REUTERS/Maye-E Wong)

Micaela Morales wears a Statue of Liberty hat as she stands on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid)

Daniel Romanchuk celebrates after winning the men’s wheelchair race at the New York City Marathon (USA TODAY Sports)

Susannah Scaroni of the United States celebrates after winning the women’s wheelchair race with second-placed Tatyana McFadden of the United States and third-placed Manuela Schar of Switzerland (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly )

Conner Mantz, from the US; Evans Chebet, from Kenya; and Clayton Young, from the US, in the men’s race (REUTERS/Kena Betancur)

(With information from EFE)