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2025 TCS New York City Marathon | Benson Kipruto, Hellen Obiri win the professional races

The TCS NYC Marathon made history with a course record set in the women's competition and the closest race ever on the men's side.

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Last updated: Monday, November 3, 2025 4:25AM GMT
Thousands cross finish line at TCS NYC Marathon

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Benson Kipruto of Kenya won the men's race by edging Alexander Mutiso by less than a second in the 54th running of the TCS New York City Marathon.

Tens of thousands of runners are racing across the five boroughs in the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon.

Kipruto and Mutiso separated themselves from the chase pack in the men's race heading into Mile 24. Kipruto pulled away from Mutiso late in the race, but Mutiso sprinted in the last 50 meters to close the gap before just falling short.

Kipruto finished in 2:08.09. Mutiso finished a fraction of a second behind, the closest race ever on the men's side.

Benson Kipruto (L) and Alexander Mutiso took first and second place respectively, whie Hellen Obiri of Kenya wom the pro women's race at the TCS NYC Marathon
Benson Kipruto (L) and Alexander Mutiso took first and second place respectively, whie Hellen Obiri of Kenya wom the pro women's race at the TCS NYC Marathon
(Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Hellen Obiri, also of Kenya, set a women's course record to win the professional women's race.

Obiri, who also won the race in 2023, finished in 2 hours, 19 minutes and 51 seconds.

Obiri was running with 2022 winner Sharon Lokedi until she pulled away from her countrymate in the final mile, surging ahead and winning easily, besting the previous course record of 2:22.31 set by Margaret Okayo in 2003.

Defending champion Sheila Chepkirui finished third. All three beat the previous course best.

In the professional wheelchair races, Marcel Hug won the men's race while Susannah Scaroni took the women's race.

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Nov 02, 2025, 12:57 AM GMT

How to watch the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon

On Sunday, November 2, the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon will be live broadcast to more than 550 million homes around the world and locally on Channel 7, WABC-TV.

Watch the race on Channel 7 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m., with pre-coverage airing 7-8 a.m. ABC7NY.com will also stream the Find Your Finish camera starting at 10:00 a.m. and continuing until the last participant finishes.

The best day of the year in New York City will be viewed in more than 160 countries and territories via various partners, including on ESPN2 in the United States and ABC 7 / WABC-TV in the New York City area. A live radio broadcast of the race will air on iHeartRadio New York's 710 WOR, The Voice of New York, and iHeartMedia's streaming and digital platforms. Fans can also download the NYRR App to watch uninterrupted feeds of all four professional divisions.

Read more here.

Nov 02, 2025, 12:57 AM GMT

2025 TCS New York City Marathon by the Mile

We are coming up on Marathon Week in New York! It's time to celebrate the people and the places that tens of thousands of runners will visit as they make their way to the finish line in the TCS New York City Marathon. Join us on a mile by mile tour of the course.

The course runs 26.2 miles through the five boroughs of the city. The race begins on Staten Island. Runners cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn and Queens before crossing into Manhattan.

Runners head next to the Bronx, and then back into Manhattan to the finish line in Central Park.

See the marathon mile-marker videos here.

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