Abdi Nageeye and Sheila Chepkirui have powered away with strong kicks in the final mile to win the New York City Marathon titles for the first time Sunday.

Nageeye, who became the first runner from the Netherlands to win the men's race, was step-for-step with 2022 champion Evans Chebet before breaking away into Central Park for the final time to finish six seconds clear in 2 hours 7 minutes 39 seconds.

"At the finish I was like, 'am I'm dreaming? I won New York'," Nageeye said after Sunday's triumph.

He had run the New York race three times before with his best finish coming in 2022, when he was third.

Chepkirui was running New York for the first time and pulled away from defending champion Hellen Obiri in the women's race in the last stretch.

"Let me push the last mile, let me give it my best," the Kenyan said. "When we were around 600 metres to go, I said to myself I have to push harder. When I saw Hellen wasn't coming, I knew I was going to win and was so happy."

Chepkirui, who started to run marathons in 2022, won in 2:24.35, with Obiri, who'd been trying to be the first back-to-back champion since Mary Keitany of Kenya won three in a row from 2014-16, nearly 15 seconds behind.

Vivian Cheruiyot finished third, making it a podium sweep for Kenya.