Officials say nearly 10,000 runners, including Olympians, World Championship medalists, and former TCS New York City Marathon winners, took part in the women's-only race.
Eyewitness News sports anchor Sam Ryan and 7 On Your Side's Nina Pineda, U.S. Olympians Carrie Tollefson and Alysia Montaño, and host of the "Ali on the Run Show" podcast, Ali Feller, offered complete coverage.
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As for the race itself, Kenya's Hellen Obiri, the only woman to win world titles in indoor track, outdoor track, and cross country, captured the open division title in 30:44, after pulling away from American Weini Kelati in the last mile.
Obiri, a two-time champion in New York City with titles in the United Airlines NYC Half and TCS New York City Marathon, successfully completed the trifecta with Saturday's victory.
Kelati finished second in her New York Mini 10K debut, with a time of 30:49, the fastest recorded by an American in the race's history.
"There are so many people watching Hellen Obiri and when I'm on the start line, I say, 'I'm the best and I'm here to give out my best,'" Obiri said after her victory. "What was in my mind was, 'I've won the marathon here and half marathon here ... I also want this one.'"
In the wheelchair division, Susannah Scaroni extended her New York Mini 10K streak with her sixth consecutive title, breaking her own event record in the process, running 20:49 for the first sub-21-minute performance in race history. Scaroni has won every edition of the Mastercard New York Mini 10K since the wheelchair division began in 2018 and she now owns the top six fastest times ever.
"What I've really come to know this season especially is the community and I think this race highlights that," Scaroni said. "There's so much history of allowing people to do sports...and how everybody, every gender, every ability level should be able to do sports and New York Road Runners and the Mastercard New York Mini 10K is a good reflection of that."
Also among the record number of finishers was Marilyn Bevans, who finished her 14th Mini 10K at 75 years old. She's an inductee in the National Black Marathoners Association's Distance Runner Hall of Fame, and was the first Black American woman to win a marathon and finish a marathon in under three hours.
New York Road Runners started the Mini 10K in 1972 as the first women-only road race, known then as the Crazylegs Mini Marathon for the miniskirt, a symbol of women's liberation. Seventy-two women finished the first race, and three weeks later, Title IX was signed into law, guaranteeing girls and women the right to participate in school sports and creating new opportunities for generations of female athletes.
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