Parting Thoughts From The 2024 NYC Marathon: Abdi Nageeye And Sheila Chepkirui Win, Surprising American Finishes + Biggest Highlights
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🗓️ 5 November 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
In a fitting theme for the city of Broadway, the 53rd edition of the New York City Marathon was all about breakout stars finally getting their time in the spotlight. Both winners of the men’s and women’s elite races in NYC are frequently recurring characters near the front of major races, but neither had completed a signature performance before today.
Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands and Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won their first World Marathon Major titles by defeating fields full of former NYC champs, with Nageeye outkicking 2022 champ Evans Chebet down the homestretch and Chepkirui beating 2023 champ Hellen Obiri at her own game with a late surge through Central Park.
Time stamps:
Women’s race:
2:10 - Breaking down Sheila Chepkirui’s win
5:03 - Hellen Obiri talking a big game + reflecting on her career
13:20 - Kudos to Vivian Cheruiyot for her third place finish
16:10 - Sara Vaughn’s top American performance
19:42 - More top results: Jess McClain, Sharon Lokedi, Kellyn Taylor, Tristan Van Ord, Dakotah Popehn
22:38 - Reflecting on Jenny Simpson’s career
Men’s race:
26:47 - Breaking down Abdi Nageeye’s win
31:24 - Evans Chebet’s performance, 30th career marathon
33:18 - More top results: Albert Korir, Tamirat Tola
35:19 - Conner Mantz and Clayton Young’s races
39:45 - Kudos to CJ Albertson
More thoughts:
44:27 - 2028 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials
48:40 - Valencia Half Marathon recap
54:50 - What’s ahead on the CITIUS MAG Podcast
56:18 - Sydney Marathon becoming the newest World Marathon Major
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Watch: NYC Marathon Watchalong
Read: Parting Thoughts From The 2024 NYC Marathon: Abdi Nageeye and Sheila Chepkirui Win + More
Listen: Jenny Simpson Reflects on Her Career from High School to 2019, Shares 2020 Plans and Hopes
Hosts: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram + Isaac Wood | @isaacew on Instagram
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| 0:00.0 | All right, it is November 4th. |
| 0:07.8 | I'm Chris Chavez. |
| 0:09.4 | And I'm preemachia. |
| 0:10.9 | And today we are talking 24, New York City Marathon. |
| 0:17.1 | We're going to dive into the drama, the grit, the glory. |
| 0:21.6 | It was a day with perfect conditions, clear skies, cool temperatures, and two race finishes |
| 0:29.1 | that kept everyone on the edge of their seats. |
| 0:33.2 | On the women's race, we had a field that was absolutely packed with legends and a couple |
| 0:39.2 | rising stars of the sport. |
| 0:41.4 | We had the defending champ and the Olympic bronze medalist Helen O'Biri looking to make it |
| 0:46.3 | two in a row. |
| 0:47.8 | But actually, it was Sheila Chepkerui, who had other plans and used some wheels in the final |
| 0:53.9 | mile to outkick Helen O'Berry, |
| 0:58.6 | cross the finish line in 224, 35 to collect her first major marathon win. |
| 1:04.4 | It was Helen O'Berry, then Vivian Chariot, podium sweep for Kenya. |
| 1:10.2 | Sarah Vaughn was the top American, |
| 1:12.6 | finishing in sixth place with the personal best. |
| 1:15.6 | And in the men's race, |
| 1:17.2 | it was the usual suspects, |
| 1:19.6 | sort of, |
| 1:20.3 | but the winner was a bit of a surprise. |
| 1:25.1 | It was Tamratola, |
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