Running (and Cheering) Their Hearts Out
The New York Times Lunedì 3 Novembre 2025 Pagina 1 More than 50,000 athletes found streets filled with support on Sunday at the New York City Marathon, which included a women’s record and a men’s thriller. On a picturesque Sunday in the city, more than 50,000 athletes and thousands more supporters turned out for a marathon that featured a course record in the women’s race, a nail-biting finish for the men, and two familiar faces of dominance in the wheelchair event. After 26.2 miles and more than two hours of fierce competition, Benson Kipruto of Kenya was so confident he was about to win the New York City Marathon on Sunday that he raised his arms in triumph just ahead of the finish line — and it nearly cost him. Kipruto appeared unaware that Alexander Mutiso Munyao, his countryman, had closed the small gap that had opened between them and was charging hard in the final meters. Kipruto narrowly prevailed, by three-hundredths of a second. It was a thrilling finish on a record-setting d...