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Abdi Nageeye, Sheila Chepkirui, Daniel Romanchuk, and Susannah Scaroni
Capture 2024 TCS New York City Marathon Titles
Nageeye becomes first athlete from the Netherlands to win the
TCS New York City Marathon and Chepkirui captures first-ever
Abbott World Marathon Majors title
Americans sweep the men's and women's wheelchair division
for the first time in event history
New York, November 3, 2024 - History was rewritten at the 2024 TCS New York
City Marathon - Abdi Nageeye became the first athlete from the Netherlands
to capture a men's open division title; Sheila Chepkirui led a Kenyan sweep
of the women's open division podium while claiming her first-ever Abbott
World Marathon Majors title, and Daniel Romanchuk and Susannah Scaroni led
an American sweep of the wheelchair division, a marathon first.
Nageeye pulled away from the field in the final meters, outlasting the 2022
and 2021 TCS New York City Marathon champions, Evans Chebet and Albert
Korir, respectively. The 35-year-old from the Netherlands won his first
Abbott World Marathon Majors race in 2:07:39, marking the first men's open
division victor from the country.
"I feel really happy with [the race] because I didn't perform [well] in the
Olympics, and that really was one of my biggest disappointments ever,"
Nageeye said. "So I went back to training, and I told myself, you will
never get it back…You can only do one thing: in less than two months you
can do something great at the greatest marathon in the world, so focus on
that."
Kenya rounded out the podium, with a pair of former champions in Evans
Chebet, the 2022 champion, and Albert Korir, the 2021 champion, in second
and third place, in 2:07:45 and 2:08:00. Conner Mantz, the top American at
the 2024 Paris Olympic Marathon, was the top American today, finishing in
sixth in 2:09:00.
In her TCS New York City Marathon debut, Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui led the
way for a Kenyan sweep in 2:24:35; the first time since 1978 that a single
country won gold, silver and bronze in the women's open division.
"Winning today means a lot to me. It means my training has been well, and
I'm really happy for the win," Chepkirui said.
The 2023 TCS New York City Marathon champion and 2024 Paris Olympic
Marathon bronze medalist Hellen Obiri was second in 2:24:49, followed by
compatriot Vivian Cheruiyot in 2:25:21. Sara Vaughn, a late addition to the
field, was the top American in sixth place, her highest finish at an Abbott
World Marathon Majors event.
In the professional wheelchair division, Daniel Romanchuk and Susannah
Scaroni returned to the top of the podium to become the first pair of
American athletes to win the division. Romanchuk, the champion from 2018
and 2019, broke the tape first in 1:36:31, followed by Great Britain's
David Weir in 1:36:36 and Japan's Tomoki Suzuki in 1:36:44.
"[It] certainly [was a] very, very tight race all the way…It came down to
just [giving] it everything I had and [hoping] that [was] enough,"
Romanchuk said.
In the women's wheelchair division, Scaroni won her second TCS New York
City Marathon in 1:48:05. She won by more than 10 minutes, one of the
largest margins of victory in event history.
"I had a wonderful day. I felt great. It's always a blessing. This course
will challenge you every step of the way, and so I just tried to meet each
of those challenges and hope that the gap that I had could extend or at
least maintain, and [I'm] really thankful," Scaroni said.
American Tatyana McFadden, a five-time TCS New York City Marathon champion,
was second in 1:58:47, followed by Manuela Schar of Switzerland in 1:59:20.
The 2024 TCS New York City Marathon, the BEST DAY in New York City,
welcomed more than 50,000+ runners from nearly 150 countries and all 50
U.S. states. As one of the city's most anticipated and iconic annual
sporting events, the TCS New York City Marathon is one of the most
inclusive and accessible sporting events in the world, with the first
finisher and the final finisher, running the same course on the same day.
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 races, 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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