Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum shattered the men’s world record to win Sunday’s Chicago Marathon in two hours and 35 seconds while Dutch runner Sifan Hassan won in the second-fastest women’s time in history.
Kiptum crushed the old world record of 2:01:09 set by Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge in winning the 2022 Berlin Marathon.“I feel so happy,” Kiptum said. “I wasn’t prepared. I knew I was coming for a course record but fortunately a world record.” It was Kiptum’s third victory in as many starts over the 26.2-mile distance. He won on his debut last December at Valencia and then in the London Marathon last April.
Kenyan Benson Kipruto, the 2022 Chicago winner, was a distant second in 2:04:02 with Belgium’s Bashir Abdi, the European record-holder who won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, third in 2:04:32. “I saw the time in front of me,” he said. “I felt good inside of me, maybe a little adrenaline.” The old Chicago Marathon record of 2:03:45 was set by Kenyan Dennis Kimetto in 2013.
Kiptum reached the halfway mark in 1:00:48, just off world-record pace, and Kiptum pulled away from Mateiko with a 4:21 time in his 20th mile then reached 40km at 30 seconds under world-record pace, setting the stage for history.Hassan competed only six weeks after taking 5,000m silver and 1,500m bronze at the World Athletics Championships, where she fell while leading the 10,000m final.
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