Nageeye had run the New York race three times before, with his previous best finish being third in 2022. The winner that year was Kenya's Evans Chebet, and Chebet almost secured another victory this weekend as he and Nageeye were battling it out heading into Central Park.

New York City turned over its streets to more 50,000 people hoping to win the New York City Marathon and thousands more who watched thrilling finishes by the women’s and men’s pros. Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won her first major marathon,

Nageeye, the Tokyo Olympic silver medalist, edged Kenyan Evans Chebet, 2:07:39 to 2:07:45, to become the first Dutch runner to win New York City. Nageeye, 35, finished fourth, third and fifth in the last three New York City Marathons.