Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands and Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya win the 2024 New York City Marathon

— Abdi Nageeye and Sheila Chepkirui used strong kicks in the final mile to pull away from their nearest competitors and both win the New York City Marathon for the first time Sunday.

Nageeye, who became the first runner from the Netherlands to win the men’s race, was step-for-step with 2022 champion Evans Chebet before using a burst of speed heading into Central Park for the final time to come away with the win in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 39 seconds. Chebet finished 6 seconds behind.

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Nageeye ran in the Paris Olympic marathon, but dropped out about 10 miles in after a hard collision with Kenyan Alexander Mutiso before the halfway point.

Chepkirui was running New York for the first time and pulled away from defending champion Hellen Obiri in the women’s race in the last stretch.

Chepkirui, who started to run marathons in 2022, won in 2:24.35. Obiri finished nearly 15 seconds behind.

Obiri was looking to be the first consecutive champion since Mary Keitany of Kenya won three in a row from 2014-16. Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya finished third, giving the African nation the top three spots. It was the first time ever that Kenyans had swept the women’s medal positions.

Tamirat Tola, the men’s defending champion and Paris Olympic gold medalist, finished fourth, right behind Albert Korir.

The NYC Marathon winners take home $100,000 in prize money, according to New York Road Runners. First-place finishers in the wheelchair division get $35,000 each and a $50,000 bonus for breaking the course record.

Amerrican's Dominate in Wheelchair Race

American Daniel Romanchuck won the men's wheelchair championship, snapping Marcel Hug's three-year winning streak. Romanchuck, who also won the 2018 and 2019 races, finished in 1 hour, 36 minutes and 31 seconds.

American Susannah Scaroni won the women's wheelchair race for the second time, after finishing in 3rd place last year. Scaroni finished in 1:48:05, more than 10 minutes before fellow American Tatyana McFadden, the third-place finisher.

This was the first time Americans won both wheelchair races.

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