Kenyan Sheila Chepkirui, Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands win 2024 NYC Marathon

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The 2024 New York City Marathon has crowned its winners. Kenyan runner Sheila Chepkirui won the women’s competition, while Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands won the men’s side.

In the women’s race, the field was eventually whittled down to Chepkirui and Hellen Obiri, with the two Kenyan women battling it out in the final mile. But Chepkirui outran Obiri in the final stretch, defeating the defending champion with a time of 2:24:35.

The men’s pack slowly thinned out in the final miles, eventually leaving only Nageeye and Kenyan Evans Chebet with less than two miles remaining. In the final sprint, Nageeye pushed ahead of Chebet, finishing first with a time of 2:07:39.

Americans Daniel Romanchuk and Susannah Scaroni won the wheelchair division; Romanchuk, now a three-time winner, finished the race in 1:36:31, while Scaroni cruised to a time of 1:48:05 to take her second win.

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