NYC Marathon 2026: Kenya's Chepkirui and Sweden's Almgren Claim Top Honours

The 2026 TCS New York City Marathon was held on Sunday across all five New York City boroughs, starting in Staten Island at Fort Wadsworth and finishing in Central Park in Manhattan. Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui claimed the women's title in a time of 2:24:35 — her second NYC Marathon victory — while defending women's champion Hellen Obiri returned to the race. In the men's division, Sweden's Andreas Almgren, the reigning World Half Marathon champion, won on his marathon debut, defeating defending men's champion Benson Kipruto of Kenya. The 26.2-mile route crosses the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge from Staten Island into Brooklyn, then continues through Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx before looping back to the Central Park finish line. The professional wheelchair division got underway from Fort Wadsworth at around 8 a.m. ET, followed by handcyclists and select athletes with disabilities, and then the professional women's and men's open divisions. Five separate waves of general runners set off at staggered times between roughly 9 and 11:30 a.m. Also among the notable competitors was Conner Mantz, the American marathon record-holder, who earned that title at last year's Chicago Marathon with a finishing time of 2 hours, 4 minutes and 43 seconds.