The winner of the New York City marathon produced the ultimate flex after crossing the line before anyone else in his first ever time running the distance.

The 26.2 mile NYC race took place on Sunday and was ran by a total of 60,000 participants.

There were some famous faces involved in the 50th running of the five-borough course, with Premier League record-breaker James Milner taking part.

Former Liverpool, Manchester City and Brighton star Milner is considered to be one of the fittest footballers of all time and accrued an impressive time of 3 hours, 9 minutes and 4 seconds.

But it was Swede Andreas Almgren who won the men's title in the event during his first ever experience in a 26.2 mile course.

New York City marathon winner stormed to victory in debut

Almgren's triumphant marathon debut saw him finish with a staggering time of 2:06:01, 13 seconds ahead of Italy's Yemaneberhan Crippa who finished second.

The 31-year-old is anything but a rookie as he is already an elite runner who claimed gold in the 10,000m at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

But this was the first time competing against pros in a marathon and afterwards Almgren produced a hilarious post on Strava.

Accompanied by his run upload, he wrote: "'I just finished my first marathon'. 'Cool, did you win'? 'Yes'.

Andreas Almgren reflected on emotional victory after New York City marathon

In what is deemed to be one of the most difficult races to run, Almgren did a 15 minute 5k, a 10k in 30 minutes and 53 seconds and a half marathon in 1 hours, 4 minutes and four seconds.

His average pace was 4 minutes and 19 seconds per mile and incredibly, he seemed to get quicker near the finish line as he pulled away from Crippa in Central Park.

Reflecting afterwards, Almgren said: “I’ve probably never felt so emotional after a race ever.

"With 5k left I felt like I had the legs today … I saw I had a pretty big gap [near the end of the race] and thought: ‘OK, just enjoy these last few hundred meters’, because this is not something a lot of people get to experience.

"This is my first marathon. I didn’t know how I was supposed to feel."

Almgren, who does double threshold training and typically runs 125 miles a week when training, is the first European man to win the marathon in 30 years.

He used to be an 800m runner and has suffered his fair share of injury heartbreak, including at the 2024 Olympics when he was forced to pull out of the 5,000m just a day before the heats began.

Even with being a Nike athlete, his achievement is still an extraordinary and saw him claim prize money of £76,000 for winning.

The same amount went to women's winner Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya after her incredible time of two hours, 24 minutes and 36 seconds.