We've just published Jonathan Gault's NYC women's preview.
The field is STACKED. Four huge headliners + the defending champ and others with the 4-headliners being:
Brigid Kosgei, Kenya (2:14:04 pb, 5 WMM wins): Former world record holder, third-fastest woman in history, two-time London champ, 2021 Olympic silver medalist.
Letesenbet Gidey, Ethiopia (2:16:49 pb): Ran fastest debut ever at 2022 Valencia (2:16:49), 2022 10,000m world champ, world record holder in 10,000m (29:01.03) and half marathon (62:52). Former world record holder in 5,000m (14:06.62).
Peres Jepchirchir, Kenya (2:17:16 pb, 3 WMM wins): 2021 Olympic gold medalist, three-time World Half Marathon champion (2016, 2020, 2023), only woman ever to win Olympics (2021), NYC (2021), and Boston (2022). Has won five of last six marathons.
Hellen Obiri, Kenya (2:21:38 pb, 1 WMM win): 2023 Boston champ, two-time 5,000m world champ (2017, 2019), 2019 World XC champ, 64:22 half marathon pb (#5 all-time).
We have two questions for you.
1) Is this the greatest NYC women's field ever? Clearly it's the fastest ever but historians, were the races back in the day that had equally as big of names.
2) What women's marathon fields in history would you rank above this one?