Hellen Obiri set a new women’s record, and South African Adriaan Wildschutt surprised on the men’s side in the largest ever NYC Half on Sunday.
Obiri finished the pro women’s race in a time of 1:06:33 to add the NYC Half to her victory list and smashed the course record by 30 seconds. She also set a course record, winning the New York City Marathon in 2025. Two years ago, she became the first woman in 34 years to win both the Boston and New York City Marathons in the same calendar year.
Hellen Obiri set a course record winning the women’s NYC Half Marathon
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Wildschutt, a South African long-distance runner, broke away to win the men’s professional race, finishing at 59:30 in his first time running in New York City.
South Africa’s Adriaan Wildschutt won the Half in his first NYC race
Daniel Romanchuk won the men’s pro wheelchair marathon in 48:10. The American has also won the New York City Marathon in 2018, 2019, and 2024.
England’s Eden Rainbow-Cooper took the women’s pro wheelchair race, finishing at 54:27. She began wheelchair racing in 2013, inspired by former TCS New York City Marathon champion David Weir winning four gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympics.
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You can check the leaderboards and track runners on the NYRR website.
A record 30,229 athletes crossed the finish line of the 2026 United Airlines NYC Half. The race set a record as the largest half marathon in event and NYRR history, as well as the biggest in the country. The 13.1-mile park-to-park course started near Prospect Park before crossing the Brooklyn Bridge – the only race in history to do so – passing by Grand Central Terminal and running through Times Square, one of only two times a year the Crossroads of the World is closed to traffic.
Organized by the New York Road Runners, the United Airlines NYC Half is the world’s premier half-marathon and the largest in the U.S. Sunday’s runners featured 26 Olympians and Paralympians, 16 national record holders, 10 global medalists, and athletes from 17 countries.
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You can learn more about the 2026 United Airlines NYC Half on the New York Road Runners website.
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