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Andreas Almgren produced a remarkable marathon debut to take victory in the men&rsquo;s race, while Sheila Chepkirui came out on top in a brilliant closing battle as she won her second women&rsquo;s title at the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday (1).
As the World Athletics Platinum Label road race celebrated the 50th anniversary of its famous route through the city&rsquo;s five boroughs, it was apt that the elite contests both produced gripping grandstand finishes.
Almgren, Sweden&rsquo;s world half marathon champion and European 10,000m gold medallist, eased away from Italy&rsquo;s Yeman Crippa in Central Park to win by 13 seconds in 2:06:01.
A fast finish by Lesotho&rsquo;s Kamohelo Mofolo saw him take third place in a PB of 2:06:26, pipping Kenya&rsquo;s defending champion Benson Kipruto on the line.
The 2024 winner Chepkirui turned the tables on defending champion Hellen Obiri &ndash; who had beaten her 12 months previously &ndash; sprinting away from her fellow Kenyan to win in 2:24:36. The large Central Park crowds were also given reason to celebrate as USA&rsquo;s Jessica McClain summoned a superb closing effort to take second place from Obiri by one second in 2:24:42.&nbsp;
McClain became the first US woman to finish in the top three in New York since Shalane Flanagan in 2018.
Almgren&rsquo;s debut dominated much of the pre-race discussion and the running world was curious to see how the 31-year-old who began his athletics life as an 800m runner would fare over 26.2 miles.
Since breaking the European 5000m record in Stockholm last summer, his stock has continued to rise, with records on the roads accompanying 10,000m bronze at the World Athletics Championships last year before his history-making exploits this summer.
His European record of 58:06 on his way to the half marathon title at the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen in September followed that commanding European 10,000m win in Birmingham, where he broke the championship record with 27:23.44.
But the marathon is a different animal entirely and he opted for the challenging championship-style set-up of New York for his first attempt. Almgren looked comfortable throughout and carefully placed himself well to strike in the latter stages.
It was not long after the large leading pack had passed through 10km in 30:52 that Kipruto eased to the front, but Almgren was right on his shoulder as the lead continued to change hands.
North American record-holder Conner Mantz and Crippa were in front 5km later in 45:51, at just under 2:09 pace, but it was USA&rsquo;s Zouhair Talbi who provided the first test to his opposition, pressing the accelerator as he went through halfway in 1:04:01.
Crippa went with him, as did another marathon debutant &ndash; Patrick Kiprop of Kenya &ndash; and opened a 15-metre gap before being swallowed up by the field again. Talbi soon surged again, though, and tried once more just after the 25km mark on Queensboro Bridge, but each time his move was covered.
Kipruto's surge to cover mile 23 in 4:38 led to a breakaway group of four.&nbsp;All the while, Almgren appeared untroubled and, by the 40km mark, he was marginally in the lead ahead of Crippa, Kipruto and Talbi.&nbsp;
Talbi was the first to fall off the back before the going also got too fast for Kipruto, leaving it to the European contenders.
Crippa is also a European 10,000m champion as he won gold in 2022, followed by the European half marathon title in 2024. He also tasted marathon victory for the first time in Paris earlier this year and while he had to settle for second this time around, he was clearly delighted with his efforts.
As was Almgren, who eased his way over the line and roared with delight at a marathon debut that could barely have gone better.&nbsp;
It was perhaps no surprise to see the women&rsquo;s race come down to a battle between Obiri and Chepkirui once again, and both were in the thick of the race from start to finish.
A cagey start suggested that Obiri&rsquo;s course record of 2:19:51 was not going to come under threat in the still, sunny autumnal conditions, as she led the pack through the opening 5km in 18:23.
As the race unfolded it emerged that not only was the Kenyan challenge going to be particularly strong but that, in the form of McClain, Carrie Ellwood, Annie Frisbie, Paige Wood and debutant Weini Kelati, the US runners were going to make their presence felt.
It was McClain, in fact, who led what had become an 11-strong group through halfway in 1:13:52, on target for a finishing time of just under 2:28. It was at the 25km point where Obiri and Chepkirui began to edge slightly ahead but they were carefully tracked by Kelati as the pace increased.
The 46-year-old two-time world champion and 2010 New York winner Edna Kiplagat was still part of a lead group that comprised eight athletes but, as with the men&rsquo;s race, eventually just four were left in contention.
Chepkirui&rsquo;s every step was shadowed by Obiri as they put daylight between themselves and their pursuers Mercy Chelangat and McClain. But, as the front two tested one another while the miles ticked down, the US athlete would not go away and in fact began to close in Central Park.
With 400 metres to go, two-time world 5000m champion Obiri attempted to kick. Perhaps the injury scare she suffered in July had an impact, but Chepkirui was able to cover that move and started to surge clear, hitting the line first to add to her victory from two years ago.
McClain, team silver medallist in the half marathon at the World Road Running Championships, then seized her chance to snatch second, narrowly ahead of Obiri. Kiplagat finished fourth, just under a minute back.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women Sheila Chepkirui (KEN) 2:24:36 Jessica McClain (USA) 2:24:42&nbsp; Hellen Obiri (KEN) 2:24:43&nbsp; Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:25:42&nbsp; Mercy Chelangat (KEN) 2:25:46&nbsp; Carrie Ellwood (USA) 2:26:28&nbsp; Weini Kelati (USA) 2:26:51&nbsp; Paige Wood (USA) 2:27:29&nbsp; Viola Cheptoo (KEN) 2:28:34&nbsp; Fabienne K&ouml;nigstein (GER) 2:28:49
Men Andreas Almgren (SWE) 2:06:01&nbsp; Yemaneberhan Crippa (ITA) 2:06:14&nbsp; Kamohelo Mofolo (LES) 2:06:26 Benson Kipruto (KEN) 2:06:27&nbsp; Haftu Strintzos (AUS) 2:06:34&nbsp; Zouhair Talbi (USA) 2:06:43&nbsp; Ahmed Muhumed (USA) 2:07:08&nbsp; Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN) 2:07:09&nbsp; Ryota Kondo (JPN) 2:07:09&nbsp; Ryan Ford (USA)&nbsp; 2:07:17 Conner Mantz (USA) 2:07:27

Andreas Almgren produced a remarkable marathon debut to take victory in the men’s race, while Sheila Chepkirui came out on top in a brilliant closing battle as she won her second women’s title at the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday

Almgren wins on marathon debut, Chepkirui regains title in New York

Sheila Chepkirui and Rodrigue Kwizera stormed up the world half marathon all-time lists with respective wins in 1:03:51 and 58:03 at the Medio Marathon Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich, a World Athletics Gold Label road race, on Sunday (25).
Chepkirui&rsquo;s world-leading performance saw her become the equal fifth-fastest women&rsquo;s half marathon runner in history, while Kwizera&rsquo;s Spanish record moved him to eighth on the men&rsquo;s world all-time list.
Kenya&rsquo;s Chepkirui broke away with her Kenyan compatriots Diana Wanza and Daisilah Jerono and the trio reached the 15-kilometre mark in 45:31, 24 seconds ahead of their rivals.&nbsp;
Jerono was dropped before Chepkirui and Wanza reached 20km in 1:00:30, seven seconds ahead of their compatriot.
Chepkirui kicked but Wanza chased hard and they were separated by a single second at the finish line, Chepkirui winning in 1:03:51 and Wanza securing the runner-up spot in 1:03:52, both PBs that move them to fifth and sixth on the world all-time list.
In a race of record depth, Jerono was third in a PB of 1:04:11 as the top six all finished inside 65 minutes, the first time that has ever been achieved. Ethiopia&rsquo;s Mizan Alem was fourth in 1:04:54 and Senayet Getachew was fifth in 1:04:57, while Kenya&rsquo;s Caroline Gitonga was sixth in 1:04:59.
In her first race since becoming a mother earlier this year,&nbsp;Ethiopia&rsquo;s former world 10km record-holder Yalemzerf Yehualaw finished 16th in 1:07:21, while Laura Luengo set a Spanish record of 1:08:28.
Kwizera controlled the men&rsquo;s race and he led a breakaway group of seven through the 15-kilometre checkpoint in 41:32. The race was down to Kwizera, his training partner Thierry Ndikumwenayo and Victor Kipruto by 20km, reached in 55:13.
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Rodrigue Kwizera celebrates his Valencia Half Marathon win (&copy; Sergio Mateo Mar&iacute;a for Sportmedia)
Then Kwizera kicked and despite looking over his shoulder, he couldn&rsquo;t be caught, clinching victory in 58:03. Spain&rsquo;s Ndikumwenayo was second in 58:09 and Kenya&rsquo;s Kipruto third in 58:12. Tadese Worku (58:33) and Owen Kapkama (58:42) also finished inside 59 minutes.
Kwizera&rsquo;s 58:03 is faster than the European record although the mark by the 27-year-old, who gained Spanish citizenship earlier this year, will not be recognised as a European record as his transfer from Burundi to Spain has not yet been formalised. 
<h2>Yimer and Dinki win in Frankfurt</h2>
Ethiopia's Zeineba Yimer and&nbsp;Jirata Dinki won at the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon, respectively clocking 2:19:45 and&nbsp;2:05:26 at the&nbsp;World Athletics Elite Label road race on Sunday (25).
Germany&rsquo;s Blanka D&ouml;rfel impressed on her marathon debut, finishing runner-up in 2:20:46 to move to eighth on the European all-time list despite wet and windy conditions for large parts of the race. Ethiopia&rsquo;s 20-year-old Beriha Gebreslasie took third with 2:22:46.
Germany&rsquo;s European champion Amanal Petros was second in the men's race with 2:05:46. Benard Biwott of Kenya, the winner from 2024, finished third in 2:06:23.
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Sheila Chepkirui and Rodrigue Kwizera stormed up the world half marathon all-time lists with respective wins in 1:03:51 and 58:03 at the Medio Marathon Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich

Chepkirui and Kwizera clinch fast half marathon wins in Valencia

Australia&rsquo;s Rebecca Henderson and Japan&rsquo;s Masatora Kawano set respective world marathon race walk records of 3:14:52* and 2:55:14* at the All Japan Race Walking meeting, a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Bronze event, in Takahata on Sunday (25).
The weather was dismal but the racing was red hot as former 35km world record-holder Kawano put the hammer down to move away from a group of five at 36km and become the inaugural men&rsquo;s world record-holder for the marathon distance. His time also beat Hayato Katsuki's 2:55:28 set on the same course in 2025.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Henderson improved on the 3:15:11 women&rsquo;s world record set by Sofia Fiorini at the European Championships in Birmingham in August.
The results were all the more remarkable in races held in the pouring rain and on a course with a slight rise and fall of around a metre each lap. Not crucial on its own but telling when you have to go up and down 42 times.
Six athletes held sway in the men&rsquo;s race before two-time world medallist Kawano went into overdrive at the 36-kilometre mark. The only one able to give chase was Kazuya Iwai, and even then he was 15 metres back with the other four unable to respond.
Iwai&rsquo;s brave effort was eventually rewarded with a fine 2:55:55 for second place, while Kazuki Takahashi was third &ndash; the same position he claimed at the Asian Games in March, only then it was in 3:02:45. This time he clocked 2:56:45.&nbsp;
Katsuki finished fourth in 2:56:59 and Satoshi Maruo fifth in 2:57:07, all of them way under the standard required for World Athletics Championships Beijing 27 eligibility.
The half marathon and marathon became official race walk distances from 1 January 2026, with 2:56:30 set as the performance standard required for the inaugural men&rsquo;s world marathon race walk record.&nbsp;Kawano achieved it on his marathon debut, back in the same town where he set his former world 35km race walk record in 2024.
In contrast, Henderson &ndash; also making her marathon debut &ndash; race walked solo from start to finish with a steady but powerful rhythm that saw her pass many men in the huge field once the early charge settled down.
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/6ade033b6c158518d59e6b0f.jpg" alt="Rebecca Henderson at the All Japan Race Walking meeting" />
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Rebecca Henderson at the All Japan Race Walking meeting (&copy; JAAF / Ikumi Kodama)
At 20.195km, the 25-year-old recorded 1:33:39; a lead that had grown to more than six minutes over Ayane Yanai. That gap increased again to 8:04 by 25km and a huge 14 minutes by the end.
Even so, the 3:29:10 by Yanai in second place was still a Japanese record. Veteran Masumi Fuchise was third in 3:38:42.
A dozen athletes shot away at the start of the men&rsquo;s half marathon but by 10.0975km Tomohiro Noda led in 39:31, with Kento Yoshikawa, Yuta Koga and Taisei Yoshizako breathing down his neck.
That breath became a whisper when Noda accelerated all the way to 15.0975km. He made that point in 58:31, a lead of 18 seconds over Yoshikawa who in turn had a 12-second gap to Yushi Nakajima.
However, that turn of speed was to cost the leader dearly as Noda was dramatically herded into the penalty zone in sight of the finish line.
It left the door open for Yoshizako to record the best win of his career, one that went hand in hand with a personal best of 1:22:04. He needed help to stand after crossing the finish line but recovered just in time to see Yoshikawa follow him home seconds later in 1:22:11.
Elizabeth McMillen put her head down to tackle first the rain and then the opposition in the women&rsquo;s half marathon.
The Australian Commonwealth Games silver medallist was 1:30 up on Japanese champion Nanako Fuji by 10km and went on to win in 1:31:31 &ndash; the fifth-fastest time for this new event.
Her personal best had been 1:38:29 set at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships earlier in the year. This new milestone &ndash; just short of seven minutes &ndash; equates to around a 1.5km improvement in just seven months.
McMillen went through 20km in 1:26:50 on the way. She might have grimaced as she splashed her way through, but she saved a deserved smile for the finish.
Fuji prevailed in 1:35:15 to take the domestic title.
Paul Warburton for World Athletics
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure
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Australia’s Rebecca Henderson and Japan’s Masatora Kawano set respective world marathon race walk records of 3:14:52* and 2:55:14* at the All Japan Race Walking meeting

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