How to watch New York Marathon 2025 live stream online for free

The New York Marathon 2025 live streams bring to an end the marathon majors season with debutants Eliud Kipchoge and Sifan Hassan, two of the biggest names in athletics, taking to the streets of the Big Apple. Yet the 26.2-mile course around the five boroughs is about more than the big names and celebrity faces, it’s about the thousands of amateur runners competing against the clock and raising money for charities across the world.

Kipchoge will complete the set when he takes to the New York roads for the first time on Sunday. The 40-year-old Kenyan great will pick up the Seven Star medal by running each of the seven marathon majors in his esteemed career, but will also want to prove his class over what is a stacked men’s elite field. Two-time Olympic champion Kipchoge will line up against Dutch defending champion Abdi Nageeye, plus fellow Kenyans, and for NYC Marathon winners, Evans Chebet and Albert Korir. There’s also plenty of interest in Kipchoge’s old track rival Kenenisa Bekele, who is a late entrant, while Paris 2024 bronze medallist Benson Kipruto will also be on the start line.

Hassan’s biggest competition will come from those who pushed the Dutchwoman hardest en route to marathon gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Hellen Obiri took bronze in the French capital and fellow Kenyan Sharon Lokedi, who finished fourth, will be joined by compatriot Sheila Chepkirui in trying to disrupt Hassan, who ran 2:20 at the Sydney Marathon earlier this year. Lokedi (2022), Obiri (2023) and Chepkirui (2024) have won the past three marathons on Staten Island. Two-time Olympian Emily Sisson will have the home U.S. crowd behind her as she moves up from the 10k at Boston.

Defending wheelchair champions Daniel Romanchuk and Susannah Scaroni are back for another go at the gruelling course.

Here’s how to watch New York Marathon 2025 online and on TV — including free streaming options. We’ve also listed the full schedule below so you don’t miss a moment.

RTVE Play will be showing the elite races in their entirety. In Italy, RAI Play is the place to go for the live action, while in France L’Equipe TV is where it’s at for the New York Marathon 2025.

Away from home? You may not be able to watch the action like you normally would due to regional restrictions. Fortunately, there’s an easy solution. Use a VPN to tune in for free — we’ll show you how below.

ABC.com. The only place to watch the elite races, though, is ESPN.

If you’ve already cut the cord and don’t have a cable package, you can get ESPN channels through an OTT cable TV alternative.

Our pick is Sling TV, which includes ESPN channels with its Orange plan. You can get access for as little as $4.99/day, $14.99/week or $45.99 for a whole month, which you can cancel any time.

Alternatively, there’s the network’s recently rebranded streaming service ESPN Select, which costs from $12.99/month and will carry extensive coverage across the five boroughs.

If you’re on vacation outside the U.S., you can still tap into your free New York Marathon stream by using one of the best VPN services, such as NordVPN.

Discovery Plus Premium plan, which costs £30.99/month and carries everything on TNT.

If you already use the service but aren’t at home right now, you can live stream the race by using a good VPN.

TSN Plus, which costs $8/month or $80/year. The TSN app will allow you to live stream the New York Marathon 2025 from your phone, streaming box or supported device.

Not back home in Canada at the moment? With NordVPN and other VPN services, you can access the services you already subscribe to.

Kayo Sports is one. A monthly subscription to Kayo Standard starts at $25 after a 7-day FREE trial, or you can pay an extra $15 for Kayo Premium and watch F1 live streams in 4K.

Fox Sports also has the rights to show the New York Marathon 2025 live streams in Australia, which means you can watch all the action online via Foxtel.

Don’t forget you can use one of the best VPN services to follow the action from your home country even when you’re overseas.

New York Marathon start times and schedule 2025

(All times ET)

8:00 a.m. — Wheelchair start (men)
8:02 a.m. — Wheelchair start (women)
8:22 a.m. — Pushrim and Handcycle start
8:35 a.m. — Elite women
9:05 a.m. — Elite men
9:10 a.m. — Wave 1 start
9:45 a.m. — Wave 2 start
10:20 a.m. — Wave 3 start
10:45 a.m. — Wave 4 start
11:30 a.m. — Wave 5 start

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