Kenyans Kipchumba, Lokedi Reign Supreme At NYC Half Marathon

NEW YORK, USA, Mar 17 – Records were broken at Sunday’s 2025 United Airlines NYC Half—the largest in event and New York Road Runners half marathon history with more than 28,500 finishers—as Kenyans Abel Kipchumba and Sharon Lokedi captured the men’s and women’s open division titles in event record times.

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Produced by nonprofit New York Road Runners (NYRR), the United Airlines NYC Half has been the world’s premier half marathon for nearly two decades and took athletes on a tour of Brooklyn and Manhattan, running over the Brooklyn Bridge for the first time in NYRR history.

With more than 28,600 finishers, the 2025 United Airlines NYC Half rewrote history, officially becoming the nonprofit’s largest half marathon in its 67-year history.

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