The 2025 New York City Marathon results are in, with winners from the men’s and women’s races crossing the finish line before noon. Kenyan runners dominated the 54th annual event Sunday, with Benson Kipruto pulling off an unbelievable photo finish to win the men’s championship and Hellen Obiri taking home the women’s win and setting a course record in the process.

Obiri completed the race with a time of 2:19:51, besting Margaret Okayo’s previous record of 2:22:31, which was set in 2003. Obiri had previously won the 2023 NYC Marathon — as well as the 2024 and 2023 Boston Marathons — and finished second in the 2024 New York race. Her record-sitting win was completed in the On Cloudboom Strike LS, the same experimental super shoe worn by the runner for her ’24 Boston win.

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