On November 2, 2025, the New York Marathon got underway; this race was also the finale of this year's World Marathon Majors.
At 21:35 Beijing time, the women's elite field started first, featuring last year's champion Sheila Chepkirui, 2023 New York champion Hellen Obiri, 2022 New York champion Sharon Lokedi, and Sifan Hassan.
Three Kenyan runnersSheila Chepkirui,Hellen Obiri andSharon Lokedi formed the leading group and tussled with Hassan; although Hassan repeatedly managed to keep up, she ultimately fell off the lead trio for good after another uphill surge from the three leaders.
Sheila Chepkirui was the first of the three to drop off; Hellen Obiri andSharon Lokedi, the old rival, met her again after this year's Boston Marathon, and the better-conditionedHellen Obiri made a move with 800 m to go, quickly putting distance on her rivals to take the victory, and the time of 2:19:51 also broke the women's course record that had stood for 22 years.
Sharon Lokedi finished second, Sheila Chepkirui finished third, with Kenyan runners sweeping the women's top three. Sifan Hassan ultimately finished sixth in 2:24:43.
Half an hour later, the men's elite field led by Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele set off from Staten Island. Japanese runner Yudai Fukuda led the early pace, later overtaken by Kipchoge's chase group. Not long after, the two legends, Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele, dropped back during the race.
Two Kenyan athletes, Benson Kipruto and Alexander Mutiso, battled to the end; what had appeared to be a calm men's race erupted into a climax in the final sprint.Benson Kipruto, who looked to have the race under control, was nearly undone by Alexander Mutiso's sustained late surge just before the line.In the end, Benson Kipruto edged out the victory in 2:08:09,Alexander Mutiso took second, and Albert Korir finished third.
Eliud Kipchoge finished in 2:14:36, placing 17th in the men's race, successfully completing the seven-major Grand Slam achievement; without a doubt, he is also the fastest seven-star runner in the world.
