Galen Rupp sets New York City Marathon debut; Abdi Abdirahman sets farewell

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4-time Olympian Galen Rupp will race the New York Metropolis Marathon for the primary time on Nov. 6, when five-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman will race his ultimate profession marathon at age 45.

Rupp, 36, and Abdirahman are a part of a men’s elite field that additionally contains defending champion Albert Korir of Kenya, reigning Boston Marathon champion Evans Chebet, Olympic silver medalist Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands and 2020 London Marathon winner Shura Kitata.

The opposite standout Individuals are 2016 Olympian Jared Ward, Scott Fauble and Leonard Korir.

Eliud Kipchoge, the world’s high male marathoner, is not going to run New York Metropolis. He’s dedicated to the Berlin Marathon on Sept. 25.

Rupp gained the 2017 Chicago Marathon and positioned second in Boston in 2017 and Chicago final yr, plus earned an Olympic bronze medal in 2016.

On July 17, Rupp positioned nineteenth on the world championships in his native Oregon. Rupp stated earlier than the race that he missed coaching time as a result of a herniated disk and pinched nerve in his again and a gentle COVID bout, according to Runner’s World.

“I’m getting higher, consider it or not,” Rupp, 36, stated that day. “I did the most effective I may, however I wasn’t in a position to get all of the work in.”

The final U.S. male runner to win New York Metropolis was Meb Keflezighi in 2009.

Abdirahman raced the ten,000m on the Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008, then the marathon in 2012 and 2021 with a high total end of tenth. Final yr, he turned the oldest U.S. Olympic runner in historical past.

The New York Metropolis ladies’s discipline hasn’t been introduced, however Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir has dedicated to defend her title. In a nine-month stretch, Jepchirchir gained Boston, New York Metropolis and the Olympics, one thing no different marathoner has carried out over the course of a profession.

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