Of the 55,000 plus runners who participated in the TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) New York (NY) City Marathon on Sunday, November 3, 2024, the five Zoroastrians who completed the distance of 26.219 miles (42.195 km) were felicitated by the Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York (ZAGNY) and the World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC — NY Chapter). "Only four percent of those who applied for the NYC Marathon were accepted,” noted a report by Edul Daver, erstwhile global president of WZCC.
The athletes — four males and one female — included Firdaus Dotiwala of Florida who ran his 24th NYC marathon,......