Obiri finished the pro women’s race in a time of 1:06:33 to add the NYC Half to her list of victories and beat the course record by 30 seconds. She also set a running record by winning the New York City Marathon in 2025. Two years ago, she became the first woman in 34 years to win the Boston and New York City Marathons in the same calendar year.
Hellen Obiri set a record by winning the New York women’s half marathon
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Wildschutt, a South African long-distance runner, broke away to win the men’s pro race, finishing in 59:30 in his first time running in New York City.
Daniel Romanchuk won the men’s professional wheelchair marathon in 48:10. The American also won the New York City Marathon in 2018, 2019 and 2024.
England’s Eden Rainbow-Cooper won the women’s professional wheelchair race, finishing in 54:27. She began wheelchair running in 2013, inspired by former TCS New York City Marathon champion David Weir, who won four gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
You can check the leaderboards and track runners on the NYRR website.
Hosted by New York Road Runners, the United Airlines NYC Half is the largest half marathon in the world and the largest in the U.S. Sunday’s runners featured the four defending champions, 30 Olympic and Paralympic athletes, 19 national record holders and 11 world medalists.
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The race takes runners on a 13.1-mile park-to-park course through New York City, starting in Prospect Park in Brooklyn and ending in Central Park. For the second year in a row, athletes will cross the Brooklyn Bridge (the only race in history to do so) before passing through Grand Central Terminal and through Times Square, a place closed to traffic only twice a year.
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In 2025, a record 28,709 finishers participated in the United Airlines NYC Half. In addition to the nearly 29,000 half marathoners, more than 1,500 children ages 2 to 18 participated in free runs and runs at the Times Square Kids Run.
You can learn more about the 2026 United Airlines NYC Half on the New York Road Runners website.
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