Both runners pulled away from their closest competitors in the final few hundred meters to come away with their first victories in the race

Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands won his first major marathon crown and Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui won her race debut on Sunday at the 53rd New York Marathon.

Nageeye had run the New York race three times before, with his previous best finish being third in 2022. The winner that year was Kenya's Evans Chebet, and Chebet almost secured another victory this weekend as he and Nageeye were battling it out heading into Central Park.