New York City Marathon 2025: Kenyan Dominance in Record-Breaking Upset
The 50,000-strong field in the world's largest marathon traversed five New York City boroughs on foot yesterday. The highly anticipated event saw several records broken and a few surprising upsets.
Kenya's Hellen Obiri proved unbeatable, setting a new record with an impressive time of 2 hours, 19 minutes, and 51 seconds in the professional women's race. Obiri edged out runner-up Sharon Lokedi by just 16 seconds. In contrast to last year's champion Sheila Chepkirui, who finished with a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, and 35 seconds, Obiri broke the previous record.
Benson Kipruto's dominance in the men's professional race was less impressive. The Kenyan athlete crossed the finish line with a mere second to spare, finishing the marathon in 2 hours, 8 minutes, and 9 seconds. Alexander Mutiso trailed closely behind him. This victory brought an end to Kipruto's three-year winning streak.
In both men's and women's wheelchair races, American athletes made history by capturing their respective championships for the third time. Susannah Scaroni dominated the women's wheelchair division with a finish time of 1 hour, 42 minutes, and 10 seconds, shaving almost six minutes off her previous record. Marcel Hug reclaimed his championship title in the men's wheelchair division after snapping his three-year winning streak last year.
The event saw significant improvements from past performances. American Adbi Nageeye set a new benchmark for the men's race with a time of 2 hours, 7 minutes, and 39 seconds. Meanwhile, American Susannah Scaroni took her second consecutive women's wheelchair championship in 1 hour, 48 minutes, and 5 seconds.
Despite early starts at around 8 am, many runners are expected to complete the marathon between 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm.
The 50,000-strong field in the world's largest marathon traversed five New York City boroughs on foot yesterday. The highly anticipated event saw several records broken and a few surprising upsets.
Kenya's Hellen Obiri proved unbeatable, setting a new record with an impressive time of 2 hours, 19 minutes, and 51 seconds in the professional women's race. Obiri edged out runner-up Sharon Lokedi by just 16 seconds. In contrast to last year's champion Sheila Chepkirui, who finished with a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, and 35 seconds, Obiri broke the previous record.
Benson Kipruto's dominance in the men's professional race was less impressive. The Kenyan athlete crossed the finish line with a mere second to spare, finishing the marathon in 2 hours, 8 minutes, and 9 seconds. Alexander Mutiso trailed closely behind him. This victory brought an end to Kipruto's three-year winning streak.
In both men's and women's wheelchair races, American athletes made history by capturing their respective championships for the third time. Susannah Scaroni dominated the women's wheelchair division with a finish time of 1 hour, 42 minutes, and 10 seconds, shaving almost six minutes off her previous record. Marcel Hug reclaimed his championship title in the men's wheelchair division after snapping his three-year winning streak last year.
The event saw significant improvements from past performances. American Adbi Nageeye set a new benchmark for the men's race with a time of 2 hours, 7 minutes, and 39 seconds. Meanwhile, American Susannah Scaroni took her second consecutive women's wheelchair championship in 1 hour, 48 minutes, and 5 seconds.
Despite early starts at around 8 am, many runners are expected to complete the marathon between 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm.
the Kenyan dominance is insane! I mean, Hellen Obiri is on another level 
, 2 hours and 19 minutes and 51 seconds? that's insane for a marathon. I'm not surprised she won tho, the Kenyans are known for their speed and endurance. But Benson Kipruto's loss is still a bit shocking, I thought he was gonna win by a landslide 
. And Congrats to Marcel Hug on his wheelchair title 
, that's so cool to see American athletes killing it in the wheelchair division. The American athletes are really stepping up their game this year 
, Adbi Nageeye and Susannah Scaroni are setting some serious new standards for future runners 
. Hellen Obiri is talented, no doubt, but what about the rest? Is it really fair to put so much pressure on 1 athlete? 
. On a more positive note tho, it's awesome that American athletes r breaking records and giving themselves (and the rest of us) hope 
, gotta give it to him though - breaking his own winning streak is no easy feat 
, and obiri's record time was insane - 2 hours & 19 mins? that's just crazy fast 
, also loving how american athletes like nageeye and scaroni are killing the game in their respective divisions 
I'm loving this record-breaking upset vibe, btw...
Can't wait to see what other amazing things they do next! 
i'm not surprised about kenya's dominance in the NYC marathon, but it is a bit concerning that they're pretty much owning the game... like what's stopping other countries from investing more in their running programs? 
i'm still trying to recover... how do they train for marathons tho? like, don't they just wanna chill all day? 
anyway, i guess the kenyan girl was super fast lol what's with all the records being broken? is that normal? btw, who's susannah scaroni? sounds cool 
susannah scaroni is on another level too, i mean 1hr 42mins for the wheelchair race? 
. but hey, it's all good, more records broken and people pushing their limits! the wheelchair divisions were pretty cool too, especially Scaroni's domination 
gotta love seeing American athletes bring home those championships