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New York City Marathon Gets Underway Across Five Boroughs With Closures, Security and Live TV Coverage

High-profile debuts by Eliud Kipchoge plus Sifan Hassan headline a field expected to top 50,000.

Overview

  • The 54th running began at 8:00 a.m. ET with wheelchair divisions, with elite women at 8:35 a.m., elite men at 9:05 a.m., and five mass waves through 11:30 a.m.
  • The 26.2-mile course runs from Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island to a finish on West 67th Street in Central Park, drawing participants from more than 100 countries.
  • Live coverage airs locally on WABC from 7:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. and nationally on ESPN2 from 8:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m., with additional programming on ABC from 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. and streaming on ESPN+/ESPN app and Fubo.
  • NYPD activated a multi-agency Joint Operations Center and deployed Bomb Squad, Aviation, Harbor, Emergency Service Unit and K-9 teams to secure the route and crowds.
  • City streets and bridges along the course began closing around 7:00 a.m. with reopenings into the afternoon, while spectators can track runners via liveresults.nyrr.org and the TCS New York City Marathon app.