FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Defending Champions Albert Korir and Marcel Hug and U.S. Olympic
and Paralympic Stars Galen Rupp and Daniel Romanchuk to Headline
Men's Field at 2022 TCS New York City Marathon on November 6
Boston champion Evans Chebet, Americas record-holder Daniel Do Nascimento,
and returning runner-up Mohamed El Aaraby to anchor diverse international
contingent
Five-time U.S. Olympian Abdi Abdirahman to race final career marathon; U.S.
Olympian Shadrack Kipchirchir to make marathon debut
New York, August 9, 2022 - Defending open division champion Albert Korir of
Kenya and wheelchair division champion Marcel Hug of Switzerland, along
with U.S. Olympic and Paralympic stars Galen Rupp and Daniel Romanchuk,
will headline one of the strongest men's professional athlete fields in
recent history with 13 Olympians and 12 Paralympians at the TCS New York
City Marathon on Sunday, November 6.
Men's Open Division
Korir will return as the defending TCS New York City Marathon champion
after taking the tape last year in 2:08:22 to finish one spot better and 14
seconds faster than his runner-up performance in 2019. It marked his first
Abbott World Marathon Majors race victory; previously he had won the
Houston, Ottawa, and Vienna City Marathons.
"I'm very happy to return to New York after my victory last year, but I
also feel a great responsibility to defend my title," Korir said. "It was
surprising to me that the list of athletes who have returned to defend
their title has very few names on it, but I am training very hard to join
them. It is never easy, but I have the benefit of experience."
Last year's runner-up, Morocco's Mohamed El Aaraby, and 2018 runner-up and
2020 London Marathon champion, Ethiopia's Shura Kitata, along with fellow
Kenyan Evans Chebet will join Korir at the start line. Chebet is the
defending Boston Marathon champion, has finished in the top five in Berlin,
London, and Tokyo, and now will be making his first start in New York.
Further international stars include Brazilian Olympian Daniel Do
Nascimento, who is the Americas record-holder in the marathon and was
eighth at the World Athletics Championships, and Japan's Suguru Osako, who
was third at the 2018 Chicago Marathon and fourth at the 2020 Tokyo
Marathon. Both will be making their TCS New York City Marathon debuts.
Dutch Olympic silver medalist and national record holder Abdi Nageeye, who
was fifth last year, will return to try to better his place.
Leading the U.S. will be four-time Olympian Rupp, who will be making his
TCS New York City Marathon debut. Rupp has competed at every Olympics since
2008, winning silver in the 10,000 meters at the London 2012 Games and
bronze in the marathon at the Rio 2016 Games. He won the 2017 Chicago
Marathon and was the runner-up there in 2021.
"I am looking forward to making my debut in the 2022 TCS New York City
Marathon," Rupp said. "It will be my 12th marathon. So far, I won the
Chicago and Prague marathons, won the Olympic Trials marathon twice, and
took bronze in the 2016 Olympic Games marathon, but I know a win at the TCS
New York City Marathon would be right up there. I have a lot of respect for
the race and the other guys lining up against me, and I will be giving it
my best shot on November 6."
Joining Rupp from the U.S. will be five-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman, who
has six top-10 New York finishes to his name and will be racing his final
career marathon, along with Olympian Shadrack Kipchirchir, who will be
making his marathon debut after previously winning the USATF 5K
Championships in Central Park and finishing as the top American in the 2022
United Airlines NYC Half. Last year's top American finisher Elkanah Kibet,
the top American finisher from this year's Boston Marathon Scott Fauble,
last year's seventh-place finisher Ben True, and Rio 2016 Olympians Jared
Ward and Leonard Korir will join them.
Men's Wheelchair Division
Twelve-time Paralympic medalist Hug will race for his fifth TCS New York
City Marathon crown in a field that boasts athletes from 10 different
countries. With another victory, he would tie Tatyana McFadden and Kurt
Fearnley for the most wins by a professional wheelchair athlete at the
event. He previously won New York in 2013, 2016, and 2017. Hug's top finish
in New York last year marked his fifth Abbott World Marathon Majors race
victory in 2021, having also won the Berlin, London, Boston, and Paralympic
marathons.
"Even though I have participated in the prestigious TCS New York City
Marathon many times, it is always a unique experience," Hug said. "I am
really looking forward to it. I am highly motivated and will strive for my
fifth victory."
Romanchuk, a two-time U.S. Paralympic medalist at the Tokyo Games last
year, was third in New York in 2021 after becoming the youngest athlete
ever and first men's American wheelchair racer to win the event in 2018 and
repeating his effort in 2019. Already this year, he has won both the United
Airlines NYC Half and the Boston Marathon, and will look to regain his New
York title.
Challenging Hug and Romanchuk for podium positions will be American Aaron
Pike, a dual-sport athlete aiming for his first podium appearance after
finishing fourth in 2019, and more recently finishing third last year in
Chicago and second this year in Boston.
South Africa's eight-time Paralympic medalist and 10-time Boston Marathon
champion Ernst van Dyk, who won New York in 2005 and 2015, will also be
part of the men's wheelchair field, as will 2017 runner-up Johnboy Smith of
Great Britain, and this year's United Airlines NYC Half runner-up Hermin
Garic of the U.S.
The course-record bonus for the professional wheelchair division will be
raised to $50,000 this year, making the wheelchair division bonus equal to
the open division bonus.
The 2022 TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 6 will return at
full capacity with 50,000 runners and be televised live on WABC-TV Channel
7 in the New York tristate area, throughout the rest of the nation on
ESPN2, and around the world by various international broadcasters.
Professional Athlete Field - Men's Open Division
Name Country Personal Best
Evans Chebet KEN 2:03:00
Shura Kitata ETH 2:04:49
Daniel Do Nascimento BRA 2:04:51
Abdi Nageeye NED 2:04:56
Suguru Osako JPN 2:05:29
Galen Rupp USA 2:06:07
Tadesse Abraham SUI 2:06:38
Mohamed El Aaraby MAR 2:06:55
Olivier Irabaruta BDI 2:07:13
Tetsuya Yoroizaka JPN 2:07:55
Leonard Korir USA 2:07:56
Albert Korir KEN 2:08:03
Girma Bekele Gebre ETH 2:08:23
Scott Fauble USA 2:08:52
Abdi Abdirahman USA 2:08:56
Marty Hehir USA 2:08:59
Elkanah Kibet USA 2:09:07
Daniele Meucci ITA 2:09:25
Jared Ward USA 2:09:25
Mick Iacofano USA 2:09:55
Reed Fischer USA 2:10:42
Nathan Martin USA 2:11:05
Matt Llano USA 2:11:14
Frank Futselaar NED 2:11:30
Jonas Hampton USA 2:12:10
Ben True USA 2:12:53
Caleb Kerr USA 2:14:50
Edward Mulder USA 2:16:55
Sam Geha USA 2:17:25
Ben Toomer GBR 2:23:57
Matt Baxter NZL Debut
Shadrack Kipchirchir USA Debut
Jeff Thies USA Debut
Luis Porto PUR Debut
Professional Athlete Field - Men's Wheelchair Division
Name Country Personal Best
Marcel Hug SUI 1:17:47
Ernst van Dyk RSA 1:18:04
Josh Cassidy CAN 1:18:25
Aaron Pike USA 1:20:02
Johnboy Smith GBR 1:20:05
Hiroki Nishida JPN 1:20:28
Kota Hokinoue JPN 1:20:54
Daniel Romanchuk USA 1:21:36
Rafael Botello ESP 1:22:09
Patrick Monahan IRE 1:22:23
Sho Watanabe JPN 1:24:00
Hermin Garic USA 1:24:18
James Senbeta USA 1:24:27
Simon Lawson GBR 1:25:06
Martin Velasco Soria MEX 1:25:12
Brian Siemann USA 1:26:46
Evan Correll USA 1:27:19
Fidel Aguilar MEX 1:28:42
Jason Robinson USA 1:29:01
Phillip Croft USA 1:30:14
Jacob Valera Allen USA 1:43:59
Dustin Stalberg USA 1:44:28
About New York Road Runners (NYRR)
NYRR's mission is to help and inspire people through running. Since 1958,
New York Road Runners has grown from a local running club to the world's
premier community running organization. NYRR's commitment to New York
City's five boroughs features races, virtual races, community events, free
youth running initiatives and school programs, the NYRR RUNCENTER featuring
the New Balance Run Hub, and training resources that provide hundreds of
thousands of people each year with the motivation, know-how, and
opportunity to Run for Life. NYRR's premier event is the TCS New York City
Marathon. Held annually on the first Sunday in November, the race features
a wide population of runners, from the world's top professional athletes to
a vast range of competitive, recreational, and charity runners. To learn
more, visit www.nyrr.org.
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