Sheila Chepkirui from Kenya win di women New York City Marathon on Sunday, 1 November 2026, to collect di title for second time. Associated Press and Reuters race-day reports put her finish time at 2 hours, 24 minutes and 36 seconds. She don win di event before for 2024.
American Jessica McClain finish six seconds behind for 2:24:42, after she pass Kenya Hellen Obiri near di finish. Obiri take third for 2:24:43. Di close finish give Kenya two places for di women podium, while McClain enter between di two Kenyan runners for di last part of di race.
Chepkirui and Obiri reach di 40-kilometre checkpoint together for 2:17:39, according to RUN247 race report. McClain dey only small pass three seconds behind dem. Chepkirui later pull away from her rivals before di finish, making di move wey decide di race after di leading group stay close well beyond halfway.
Na another major victory, no be new course record. New York Road Runners, wey organise di race, list Obiri 2:19:51 from 2025 as di women event record. Chepkirui winning time slow pass dat mark. To win marathon with good race strategy and to run di fastest time ever for dat course na different achievements.
New York course cover 26.2 miles through all five boroughs of di city. Di organiser rules use time from di starting gun to arrange di invited professional runners, and list equal first-place prize of $100,000 for men and women. Those published rules explain how di competition work; dem no prove say any athlete don receive di prize money.
For Nigerian readers wey follow African sporting excellence, dis result na clear achievement to celebrate without calling am world record. Chepkirui win back one race wey she don win before, and Obiri still reach di podium. We report race-day times as dem publish am; di organiser separate live unofficial tracking from official results wey dem release after di event.