Sweden’s Andreas Almgren, proper, approaches the end line during the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.

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NEW YORK — Andreas Almgren of Sweden won the males’s race of the New York City Marathon in his debut in the occasion while Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won the girls’s race on Sunday for the second time.

Almgren was making his debut at 26.2 miles after a profitable profession working half-marathons. He pulled away from Yemaneberhan Crippa of Italy in the closing mile to take the victory in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 1 second. Crippa completed 13 seconds behind. Kamohelo Mofolo of Lesotho was third, edging out defending champion Benson Kipruto.

Almgren’s time was the third quickest in the course’s 50-year historical past, and the prime seven finishers all were among the prime 10 all-time instances. He grew to become the first marathoner to win his debut in the occasion since Gebre Gebremariam of Ethiopia won the 2010 race.

American Zouhair Talbi completed sixth and ran the quickest time ever by a U.S. runner in the occasion.

Chepkirui, who also won the race in 2024, pulled away from countrymate Hellen Obiri in the closing 150 meters to seal the victory in 2:24:36. American Jessica McClain completed second, passing Obiri — a two-time winner — in the closing few strides. It was the first time a U.S. lady completed in the prime three since 2018. McClain was 6 seconds behind Chepkirui.

Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya competes in the girls’s division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.

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It was the fiftieth time that the race has run through all 5 boroughs of the metropolis. There were just over 2,000 rivals in 1976, the seventh working of the race, including only 88 girls. About 60,000 runners stepped up to the beginning line Sunday, with almost half of them girls.

There were runners from more than 140 nations competing Sunday, including defending males’s Kipruto. He won in thrilling trend last yr, edging Alexander Mutiso by three-hundredths of a second.

The New York City Marathon started in 1970, and the first six years it was run completely inside Central Park, with runners doing loops. The race was moved out of Central Park in celebration of the U.S. bicentennial and to assist uplift the metropolis, which was struggling. It ended up turning into one of the marquee occasions in New York.

For the first time in 15 years, there was a minor change in the course. The runners took a barely totally different route at Mile 20 when the race entered the Bronx. The transfer was made to scale back the quantity of turns in the borough from seven to 5 and ease some of the avenue closures in the space.

Marcel Hug won the males’s wheelchair race for the eighth time, edging Daniel Romanchuk by just over a second. Romanchuk made a transfer to take over the lead in the last mile as the pair entered Central Park for the closing time. Hug handed him in the closing 100 meters to win.

Hug’s Swedish countrymate Catherine Debrunner pulled away from the area early to win the girls’s wheelchair race, ending in 1:40:02. It was the second-fastest time in race historical past, trailing her own mark by about 30 seconds from 2023. Two-time defending champion Susannah Scaroni completed third, three months after giving beginning to her first little one, more than eight minutes behind Debrunner.