“Profitable means every thing to me. It means my coaching has been going properly,” Chepkirui instructed the media post-race. Chepkirui was a prime contender getting in, as she held the quickest private finest within the discipline—2:17:29, from the 2022 Valencia Marathon.
The favorite to win, Obiri, was following up a victory in Boston earlier this yr; in 2023, Obiri turned the primary girl in three many years to win each Boston and NYC in the identical yr. However she couldn’t match Chepkirui’s clean tempo within the ultimate dash. “Sheila was very sturdy. I attempted to push,” Obiri instructed media. “I construct plenty of pace for Boston and Paris. I couldn’t do the identical for NYC [with the tight 11-week window].”
Sheila Chepkirui 🇰🇪 is the winner of the 2024 TCS @nycmarathon.🗽
Sheila battled it out with defending champion Hellen Obiri over the closing miles of the race by means of Central Park to say her first-ever Abbott World Marathon Majors title.
Nice working, Sheila! pic.twitter.com/ENmZm7nhvX
— Abbott WMMajors (@WMMajors) November 3, 2024
The race started conservatively, with 21 ladies hitting the midway level collectively in 1:13:59. Across the 30K mark, Cheruiyot took management of the tempo, surging to the entrance with a powerful 5:15 mile—setting the tone for an intense battle within the ultimate kilometres. The pack had dwindled to 5, and some kilometres later, solely Chepkirui, Obiri and Cheruiyot remained.
The ladies’s race is all the way down to THREE with 5K to go!
Can 🇰🇪 Hellen Obiri’s repeat? Or will her compatriots Sheila Chepkirui and Vivian Cheruiyot pull off the upset?#NYCMarathon #RunYourWay
— Canadian Working (@CanadianRunning) November 3, 2024
Pressure rose because the three ladies approached Central Park collectively; with about half a mile left, Chepkirui launched a strong kick, surging forward and breaking away from Obiri to safe her first World Main Marathon title.