Over a million spectators line the streets as Nageye and Chepkirui win the New York City Marathon

Nov 4, 2024 - 08:54

Spectators lined the streets of New York on Sunday to cheer on the thousands of runners that took part in the city's iconic marathon.

Around 50,000 people weave their way through the five boroughs of New York, from Staten Island to Central Park.

The action kicked off at 8am on Sunday with the professional wheelchair race. The women's elite race began at 8:35am, half an hour before the men's elite runners took on the punishing course.

The masses followed soon after, crossing from Staten Island into Brooklyn before making their way into Queens.

Shortly after the halfway mark, the athletes then run over the East River into Manhattan where they head north up to the Bronx before turning back for home.

Spectators line the streets of Brooklyn to support runners in the 2024 New York marathon

The final few miles take the runners down Fifth Avenue and into Central Park, where the crowds cheer them on to the finish line.

Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands won the men's race and Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya took the women's event on Sunday.

Both runners pulled away from their closest competitors in the final few hundred meters to come away with their first victories in the race.

Nageeye was step-for-step with 2022 champion Evans Chebet before using a burst heading into Central Park to come away with the win in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 39 seconds. Chebet finished six seconds behind.

'At the finish, I was like, am I dreaming? I won New York,' said Nageeye, who had run the New York race three times before.

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

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

Leading results

Women

1 Sheila Chepkirui (KEN) 2:24:35

2 Hellen Obiri (KEN) 2:24:49

3 Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:25:21

4 Eunice Chumba (BRN) 2:25:58

5 Fabienne Schlumpf (SUI) 2:26:31

6 Sara Vaughn (USA) 2:26:56

7 Senbere Teferi (ETH) 2:27:14