FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York Road Runners Recruits Olympic and Paralympic Medalists
to Star at 2024 TCS New York City Marathon
Olympic medalists Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri to defend New York titles
in open division
Marcel Hug to race for record-extending seventh title in wheelchair
division
Paris 2024 Olympians and Paralympians Conner Mantz, Clayton Young, Dakotah
Lindwurm, Susannah Scaroni, and Daniel Romanchuk to highlight American
contingent
Video: Olympic Medalists Compete in NYC
New York, August 20, 2024 – New York Road Runners (NYRR) has announced a
world-class professional athlete lineup that features 14 past champions, 27
Olympians, and 19 Paralympians for the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon, one
of 60 adult and youth races produced annually by the nonprofit.
The field includes 31 athletes from the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics
who will race through the five boroughs Sunday, November 3 - the best day
in New York City - including multi-time Olympic medalists and defending
champions Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia and Hellen Obiri of Kenya, and six-time
TCS New York City Marathon champion Marcel Hug.
Men's Open Division
The men's open division will be led by Tola, who last year pulled away from
the field in the final six miles to finish in 2:04:58, breaking
a 12-year-old course record. Tola won the Paris 2024 Olympic marathon in an
Olympic-record time of 2:06:26, only two weeks after being named to the
Ethiopian team as an alternate. It was his second Olympic medal, with the
other coming in the 10,000 meters at the Rio 2016 Games. He also won
marathon gold at the 2022 world championships and silver at the 2017 world
championships.
"I'm excited to defend my title in New York, especially coming off an
Olympic-record marathon performance," said Tola. "The hilly course and
crowds in Paris definitely prepared me well for the bridges and spectators
in New York, where maybe I can go even faster this year."
Belgium's two-time Olympic medalist and world championships medalist Bashir
Abdi will also be one to watch; he was the silver medalist in the Paris
2024 Olympic marathon, and he won bronze medals in the marathon at the
Tokyo 2020 Olympics and 2022 world championships.
Challenging them will be four accomplished Kenyans in 2022 TCS New York
City Marathon champion Evans Chebet, 2021 champion Albert Korir, 2019 and
2017 champion Geoffrey Kamworor, and 2024 United Airlines NYC Half champion
Abel Kipchumba. In his New York debut, Chebet became the eighth man in
history to win both Boston and New York in the same year, and the first
since 2011. He also won Boston in 2023 and has finished first or second in
13 marathons. Kamworor, the former half marathon world-record holder, is
looking to become only the third athlete to win three men's open division
titles in New York. He has made the podium in all four of his TCS New York
City Marathon appearances. Korir's lone Abbott World Marathon Majors race
win came in New York three years ago. Kipchumba will be making his TCS New
York City Marathon debut.
The American contingent will be headlined by Conner Mantz and Clayton
Young, training partners from Provo, Utah, who finished one-two at the U.S.
Olympic Marathon and eighth and ninth place, respectively, at the Paris
2024 Olympic marathon. Mantz and Young are the seventh- and eighth-fastest
American marathoners in history. Elkanah Kibet, the top American in New
York in 2021 and fourth at this year's U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, and CJ
Albertson, the world-record holder in the 50K who was fifth at the U.S.
Olympic Marathon Trials will line up as well.
Women's Open Division
Kenya's Obiri is a three-time Olympic medalist, seven-time world
championships individual medalist, and the defending champion of both the
TCS New York City Marathon and Boston Marathon. Last year, she unleashed a
kick in the final 400 meters in Central Park to become the first woman in
34 years to win both Boston and New York in the same calendar year. In
April, she became the first woman since 2005 to repeat as the Boston
Marathon champion, and earlier this month she won bronze in the Olympic
marathon in Paris.
"There's no place like New York, and I am so ready to defend my title on
what has become one of my favorite days of the year," said Obiri. "I have
been racing very well on the roads in the U.S., and I hope I can have
another good day that sees me in contention once we enter the final stages
in Central Park."
Fellow Kenyan Sharon Lokedi will return after finishing third last year and
fourth in the Olympic marathon in Paris. Lokedi won the 2022 TCS New York
City Marathon in her marathon debut and was the runner-up at the 2024
Boston Marathon. Kenya's delegation will also include New York's 2010
champion Edna Kiplagat, four-time Olympic medalist Vivian Cheruiyot, and
Sheila Chepkirui, who owns the fastest personal best in the field.
Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba will make her TCS New York City Marathon debut
and is one of the world's most accomplished long-distance runners as a
three-time Olympic and 16-time world championships gold medalist. Another
Ethiopian, two-time Olympian and three-time Mastercard New York Mini 10K
champion Senbere Teferi, will join her.
Leading the U.S. contingent will be Dakotah Lindwurm, who was the top
American finisher at the Paris Olympic marathon after taking third at the
U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. She is also a two-time Grandma's Marathon
champion. She will be joined by Olympic 1,500-meter medalist and eight-time
New Balance 5th Avenue Mile champion Jenny Simpson, 2018 Boston Marathon
champion and two-time Olympian Des Linden, 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon
Trials champion Aliphine Tuliamuk, and fourth-place 2024 U.S. Olympic
Marathon Trials finisher Jessica McClain.
The 2024 TCS New York City Marathon women's professional athlete field is
presented by Mastercard®.
Men's Wheelchair Division
Leading the wheelchair division will be Switzerland's Marcel Hug, who is a
six-time Paralympic champion, 12-time world champion, and the marathon
world-record holder who will race for a record-extending seventh TCS New
York City Marathon title. In 2023, he swept all six Abbott World Marathon
Majors races, becoming the first man to ever do so. He won the Abbott World
Marathon Majors series title for the fifth time and broke course records in
Tokyo, Boston, and Chicago in the process. He also won the TCS New York
City Marathon in 2022, 2021, 2017, 2016, and 2013, setting the course
record in 2022.
"The TCS New York City Marathon marks the brilliant end of the year's major
marathons, and the city's energy and the enthusiasm from the spectators are
unmatched, driving me to give my all," Hug said. "On this challenging
course, surrounded by strong competitors, I relish the opportunity to
showcase what I'm made of and highlight the dynamism of our sport. It's an
unforgettable experience every time."
Challenging Hug will be American Daniel Romanchuk, who in 2018 became the
first American and youngest athlete ever to win the men's wheelchair
division at the TCS New York City Marathon. He also has titles from Boston,
London, Chicago, and the United Airlines NYC Half to his name, as well as
two Paralympic medals.
Also racing for the title will be two Dutch paratriathlon sensations-Jetze
Plat, who finished third the last two years in New York and is a Paralympic
champion in both cycling and triathlon, and two-time Paralympian and
defending United Airlines NYC Half champion Geert Schipper.
Great Britain's David Weir, one of the most decorated wheelchair racers in
the world, won New York in 2010 and was runner-up in 2021, and will race
for a podium place once again.
Women's Wheelchair Division
Four past winners will line up at the start line of the women's wheelchair
division in Staten Island: Switzerland's Manuela Schär, Australia's Madison
de Rozario, and the United States' Tatyana McFadden and Susannah Scaroni.
Schär, an eight-time Paralympic medalist and 11-time world championships
medalist, won the TCS New York City Marathon three times consecutively from
2017 to 2019 and has made the podium in all 11 of her appearances,
including a runner-up finish last year. When de Rozario, a five-time
Paralympic medalist and 10-time world championship medalist, won the TCS
New York City Marathon in 2021 she became the first athlete since 2008 to
win Paralympic marathon gold and New York in the same year.
As for the Americans, McFadden, a 20-time Paralympic medalist and 20-time
world championship medalist, has won 24 Abbott World Marathon Majors,
including five TCS New York City Marathons and was the course-record holder
for seven years. Scaroni, a two-time Paralympic medalist, snatched her
first TCS New York City Marathon title in 2022 in course-record fashion.
She has had tremendous success at NYRR races, winning the United Airlines
NYC Half twice and all five editions of the Mastercard New York Mini 10K
since it added a wheelchair division.
After shocking the field to win the Boston Marathon in April, Great
Britain's 23-year-old Eden Rainbow-Cooper will look to challenge the
veteran group in her second appearance in New York. She finished fourth
last year.
The 2024 TCS New York City Marathon women's professional athlete field is
presented by Mastercard®.
Men's Open Division
Name Country Residence Personal Best
Evans Chebet KEN Kapsabet, Kenya 2:03:00
Gabriel Geay TAN Arusha, Tanzania 2:03:00 NR
Bashir Abdi BEL Ghent, Belgium 2:03:36 NR
Tamirat Tola ETH Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2:03:39
Geoffrey Kamworor KEN Kaptagat, Kenya 2:04:23
Abdi Nageeye NED Nijmegen, Netherlands 2:04:45 NR
Addisu Gobena ETH Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2:05:01
Abel Kipchumba KEN Iten, Kenya 2:06:49
Albert Korir KEN Kapkitony, Kenya 2:06:57
Conner Mantz USA Provo, Utah 2:07:47
Clayton Young USA Provo, Utah 2:08:00
Rory Linkletter CAN Flagstaff, Ariz. 2:08:01
Callum Hawkins GBR Elderslie, Scotland 2:08:14
Ser-Od Bat-Ochir MON Osaka, Japan 2:08:50 NR
Elkanah Kibet USA Colorado Springs, Colo. 2:09:07
Noah Droddy USA Boulder, Colo. 2:09:09
Jonny Mellor GBR Manchester, England 2:09:09
Jared Ward USA Mapleton, Utah 2:09:25
Colin Bennie USA San Francisco 2:09:38
Futsum Zienasellassie USA Flagstaff, Ariz. 2:09:40
CJ Albertson USA Fresno, Calif. 2:09:53
Nico Montanez USA Mammoth Lakes, Calif. 2:09:55
Yuma Morii JPN Osaka, Japan 2:09:59
Jake Riley USA Boulder, Colo. 2:10:02
Teshome Mekonen USA Colorado Springs, Colo. 2:10:16
Wesley Kiptoo KEN Flagstaff, Ariz. 2:10:28
Joel Reichow USA White Bear Lake, Minn. 2:10:37
Josh Izewski USA Boone, N.C. 2:11:09
Frank Lara USA Boulder, Colo. 2:11:32
Luke Cadwell GBR Boulder, Colo. 2:11:33
Harbert Okuti UGA New Rochelle, N.Y. 2:13:01
Jonny Phillips USA Brookline, Mass. 2:14:11
Ryan Eiler USA Boston 2:14:22
Ryan Ford USA Boone, N.C. Debut
Women's Open Division
Name Country Residence Personal Best
Sheila Chepkirui KEN Kericho, Kenya 2:17:29
Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2:17:56
Vivian Cheruiyot KEN Eldoret, Kenya 2:18:31
Senbere Teferi ETH Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2:19:21
Dera Dida ETH Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2:19:24
Edna Kiplagat KEN Longmont, Colo. 2:19:50
Eunice Chumba BRN Eldoret, Kenya 2:20:02 NR
Hellen Obiri KEN Boulder, Colo. 2:21:38
Des Linden USA Charlevoix, Mich. 2:22:38
Sharon Lokedi KEN Flagstaff, Ariz. 2:22:45
Fatima Gardadi MAR Marrakesh, Morocco 2:24:12
Kellyn Taylor USA Flagstaff, Ariz. 2:24:29
Fabienne Schlumpf SUI Wetzikon, Switzerland 2:24:30 NR
Aliphine Tuliamuk USA Flagstaff, Ariz. 2:24:37
Dakotah Lindwurm USA Burnsville, Minn. 2:24:40
Lily Partridge GBR Manchester, England 2:25:12
Jessica McClain USA Scottsdale, Ariz. 2:25:46
Tristin Van Ord USA Boone, N.C. 2:25:58
Khishigasaikhan Galbadrakh MON Osaka, Japan 2:26:32
Maggie Montoya USA Boulder, Colo. 2:28:07
Katja Goldring USA Flagstaff, Ariz. 2:29:01
Savannah Berry USA Orem, Utah 2:29:13
Jessa Hanson USA Flagstaff, Ariz. 2:31:02
Beverly Ramos PUR San Juan, Puerto Rico 2:31:10
Jenny Simpson USA Boulder, Colo. 2:31:39
Carrie (Verdon) Ellwood USA Boulder, Colo. 2:31:54
Sarah Reiter USA Hood River, Ore. 2:31:58
Briana Boehmer USA Boulder, Colo. 2:33:20
Lucy Dobbs USA Indianapolis 2:36:33
Holly Clarke USA San Francisco 2:36:52
Aileen Barry USA Manhasset, N.Y. 2:39:48
Ana Johnson USA Bronx, N.Y. 2:41:16
Men's Wheelchair Division
Name Country Residence Personal Best
Marcel Hug SUI Nottwil, Switzerland 1:15:33
Tomoki Suzuki JPN Saitma, Japan 1:18:37
Aaron Pike USA Champaign, Ill. 1:20:02
Johnboy Smith GBR Kent, England 1:20:05
Daniel Romanchuk USA Champaign, Ill. 1:20:37
Rafael Botello ESP Barcelona 1:22:09
David Weir GBR London 1:22:12
Patrick Monahan IRL Kildare, Ireland 1:22:23
Miguel Jimenez Vergara USA Chula Vista, Calif. 1:22:27
Sho Watanabe JPN Fukuoka, Japan 1:24:00
Hermin Garic USA Utica, N.Y. 1:24:18
Jetze Plat NED Nieuwveen, Netherlands 1:24:28
Simon Lawson GBR Cumbria, England 1:25:06
Brian Siemann USA Champaign, Ill. 1:26:46
Evan Correll USA Champaign, Ill. 1:27:19
Jason Robinson USA Champaign, Ill. 1:29:01
Phillip Croft USA Champaign, Ill. 1:30:14
Wyatt Willand USA Northwood, Iowa 1:31:16
Michael McCabe GBR Kent, England 1:31:17
Carlos Pierre Silva de Jesus BRA Sao Paulo 1:32:36
Mark Millar IRL Port Stewart, Ireland 1:33:47
Geert Schipper NED Spanbroek, Netherlands 1:34:36
Dustin Stallberg USA Clute, Texas 1:36:13
Jacob Allen USA Kingwood, Texas 1:36:56
Hitoshi Matsunaga JPN Okayama, Japan 1:41:57
Aidan Gravelle USA East Vernon Center, Minn. 1:45:21
Toni Milano ITA Minusio, Switzerland Debut
Women's Wheelchair Division
Name Country Residence Personal Best
Susannah Scaroni USA Champaign, Ill. 1:27:31
Manuela Schär SUI Kriens, Switzerland 1:28:17
Tatyana McFadden USA Clarksville, Md. 1:31:30
Eden Rainbow-Cooper GBR Surrey, England 1:34:17
Christie Dawes AUS Newcastle, Australi 1:37:14
Madison de Rozario AUS Sydney 1:38:11
Vanessa de Souza BRA Sao Paulo 1:40:21
Jade Hall GBR Ilkley, England 1:43:40
Michelle Wheeler USA Argyle, Texas 1:45:45
Yen Hoang USA Champaign, Ill. 1:47:29
Hoda Elshorbagy EGY Champaign, Ill. 1:58:38
Eva Houston USA Omaha 1:59:49
About New York Road Runners (NYRR)
A New York City-based nonprofit, New York Road Runners' vision is to build
healthier lives and stronger communities through the transformative power
of running – serving nearly a half a million New Yorkers annually through
its free community events, youth running initiatives, and school-based
programs across the five boroughs. During its nearly 70 years, New York
Road Runners has grown from a local running club to the world's premier
community running organization, producing more than 60 adult and youth
races each year, including the TCS New York City Marathon. Held the first
Sunday each November, the TCS New York City Marathon features more than
50,000 runners-from the world's best professional athletes to a vast range
of runners across experience levels, ages, genders, abilities, and
backgrounds. To learn more, visit www.nyrr.org.
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