Kenyans Benson Kipruto and Hellen Obiri win males’s and ladies’s NYC Marathon races : NPR

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Charly Triballeau/AFP through Getty Photographs Benson Kipruto, 34, and Hellen Obiri, 35, each from Kenya, secured victory within the TCS New York Metropolis Marathon on Sunday.

Kipruto, an Olympic bronze medalist, narrowly beat fellow Kenyan Alexander Mutiso by .03 seconds within the Professional Males's race, as each males completed with a time of two:08:09. Albert Korir, additionally of Kenya, landed within the third spot with a time of two:08:57.

"I knew it was going to be a decent race," Kipruto mentioned throughout a press convention Sunday afternoon. "I am so pleased to have my fourth win over a serious marathon."

Obiri, a three-time Olympic medalist, gained the Professional Girls's race with a time of two:19:51. Her fellow Kenyans Sharon Lokedi and Sheila Chepkirui got here in second and third respectively. Whereas Kipruto's victory marked his first NYC Marathon win, it was Obiri's second. She first gained the ladies's race in 2023.

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Ishika Samant/Getty Photographs Kipruto gained the bronze medal within the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games marathon with a time of two:07:00. He additionally gained marathons in Tokyo in 2024, Chicago in 2022 and Boston in 2021.

Greater than 55,000 persons are estimated to have participated within the 26.2 mile marathon, with the race spanning all 5 boroughs throughout 5 bridges.

Heralded as the most important marathon on the planet, it attracts individuals from over 150 nations, in response to New York Highway Runners, a nonprofit that produces the marathon. The race has been held nearly yearly since 1970 on the primary Sunday in November and runners can fundraise for a charity. Greater than 600 charity companions had been represented by runners in Sunday's race, with hundreds of thousands of {dollars} raised.

Celebrities have additionally taken half within the race all through the years, together with actress Jennifer Connelly and chef Gregory Gourdet. Sunday's race was no totally different, with hip-hop star N.O.R.E., MTV Catfish host Nev Schulman and others working.

This 12 months's race was notable for the participation of the previous males's world report holder Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, who made his debut within the occasion — three days earlier than his forty first birthday. Kipchoge — who was the Olympic marathon champion in 2016 and 2020 — completed in seventeenth place with a time of two:14:36.

The full assured prize purse for the NYC marathon is $969,000, with $100,000 given to every of the female and male open division winners.

Marcel Hug, 39, of Switzerland, a seven-time Paralympic champion, gained the boys's wheelchair division on Sunday with a time of 1:30:16. American Susannah Scaroni, 34, a defending champion of the ladies's wheelchair division, gained the class once more with a time of 1:42:10.