{"id":372948,"date":"2026-10-14T14:26:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/372948\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T14:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:26:29","slug":"fiona-okeeffe-out-of-new-york-city-marathon-after-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/372948\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiona O&#8217;Keeffe out of New York City Marathon after surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paris Olympic Trials marathon winner Fiona O\u2019Keeffe will miss a second consecutive major marathon \u2014 the New York City Marathon on Nov. 1 \u2014 due to a hamstring tear, a rep for the runner confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuess you could say I\u2019m a bit hamstrung at the moment\u2026&#8221; <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DedTypsRxfn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was posted on her social media<\/a>. \u201cWent to the Steadman Clinic in Vail last week for a proximal hamstring repair surgery. An MRI at the end of September showed that the old partial tear I got leading into Boston had turned into a fully retracted tendon tear on the left side, so surgery was the next logical step. I\u2019m grateful to all the medical professionals and my team for helping me access the best care. It\u2019s going to be a long road back, but I\u2019m looking forward to the small milestones along the way. Thanks to all my family &amp; friends who have been in my corner all this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Keeffe, 28, previously missed the Boston Marathon in April.<\/p>\n<p>She has finished one marathon since winning her 26.2-mile debut at the February 2024 Olympic Trials.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Keeffe placed fourth in the 2025 New York City Marathon in 2:22:49, the fastest time ever for an American woman in the five-borough race.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 New York City Marathon field includes Olympic gold medalist Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands and defending champion Hellen Obiri of Kenya. <\/p>\n<p>Plus Jess McClain, who was the fastest U.S. female marathoner of this Olympic cycle until this past Sunday, when Emma Grace Hurley ran 2:20:47, which also broke O\u2019Keeffe\u2019s record for fastest marathon debut by an American woman.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"\u201cAfrica is Home\" :=\"\" eliud=\"\" kipchoge=\"\" from=\"\" kenya=\"\" to=\"\" the=\"\" world=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/olympics\/news\/africa-is-home-eliud-kipchoge-from-kenya-to-the-world\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Kipchoge cover photo.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791987989_257_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eliud Kipchoge reflects on the place where his greatness took root \u2014 home. <\/p>\n<p>                                    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paris Olympic Trials marathon winner Fiona O\u2019Keeffe will miss a second consecutive major marathon \u2014 the New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-372948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}