Sheila Chepkirui ta Kenya ta lashe gasar maraton ta mata ta New York City a ranar Lahadi, 1 November 2026, karo na biyu. Rahotannin Associated Press da Reuters na ranar gasar sun bayyana lokacinta a matsayin sa’o’i 2, mintuna 24 da daƙiƙu 36. Ta kuma lashe gasar a 2024.
Jessica McClain ta Amurka ta zo na biyu da 2:24:42, daƙiƙu shida bayan mai nasara, bayan ta wuce Hellen Obiri ta Kenya kusa da ƙarshen gudun. Obiri ta zo na uku da 2:24:43. Kenya ta samu gurabe biyu a cikin ukun farko na mata, amma McClain ta shiga tsakanin ’yan gudun Kenya biyu a ƙarshen gasar.
Chepkirui da Obiri sun isa wurin auna lokaci na kilomita 40 tare da 2:17:39, bisa rahoton RUN247. McClain tana bayansu da ɗan fiye da daƙiƙu uku kawai. Daga baya Chepkirui ta tsere wa abokan hamayyarta kafin ƙarshen gudun, ta yi abin da ya tabbatar da nasara bayan manyan ’yan gudun sun ci gaba da kasancewa kusa da juna bayan tsakiyar hanya.
Wannan wata babbar nasara ce, ba sabon tarihin hanyar gasar ba. Mai shirya gasar, New York Road Runners, ya nuna 2:19:51 da Obiri ta yi a 2025 a matsayin tarihin mata na gasar. Lokacin Chepkirui ya fi wannan tsawo. Lashe maraton ta dabarar gasa ya bambanta da yin gudun da ya fi kowane sauri a tarihin hanyar.
Hanyar New York tana da mil 26.2 ta cikin dukkan gundumomi biyar na birnin. Dokokin masu shirya gasar suna lissafa matsayin ƙwararrun da aka gayyata daga lokacin harbin fara gasar, kuma sun tanadi kyautar farko ta dala 100,000 ga maza da mata daidai. Waɗannan dokoki suna bayyana tsarin gasar; ba su tabbatar cewa an riga an biya wani ɗan wasa ba.
Ga masu karatu a Najeriya da ke bibiyar nasarorin ’yan wasan Afirka, wannan sakamako ya cancanci yabo ba tare da ɗaukaka shi zuwa tarihin duniya ba. Chepkirui ta sake lashe gasar da ta taɓa lashewa, Obiri kuma ta kasance cikin ukun farko. An kawo lokutan ranar gasar yadda aka wallafa su; masu shirya gasar suna bambanta bin diddigin kai tsaye da ba na hukuma ba da sakamakon hukuma bayan gasar.