New York Road Runners adds para-athlete podium categories
New York Road Runners (NYRR) introduced five Para Athletics categories with competitive rankings and podium placements at the 2026 New York City Marathon for the first time. NYRR rules set awards for top three men, women and nonbinary finishers if at least three athletes were in a category; the categories carried no prize money.
New York Road Runners (NYRR) introduced competitive rankings for para athletes at the New York City Marathon for the first time in 2026. The event included five World Para Athletics categories, with athletes competing for podium places: low vision and blind, intellectual and developmental disability, coordination difficulties, lower limb disability, and upper limb disability.1
NYRR's published rules set awards for the top three men, women and nonbinary finishers in each category, provided at least three athletes were in that category.2
