Kelvin Kiptum celebrates his Chicago Marathon world file victory. AP
Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum shattered the boys’s world file to win Sunday’s Chicago Marathon in two hours and 35 seconds whereas Dutch runner Sifan Hassan received within the second-fastest ladies’s time in historical past.
Kiptum crushed the previous world file of two:01:09 set by Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge in profitable the 2022 Berlin Marathon.
“I feel so happy,” Kiptum mentioned. “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 begins over the 26.2-mile distance. He received on his debut final December at Valencia after which within the London Marathon final April.
“I’m very happy,” Kiptum mentioned. “A world record was not in my mind today. I knew one day one time I’d be a world-record holder.”
Hassan received in 2:13:44, shattering the previous course file of two:14:04 by Kenyan Brigid Kosegi in 2019.
The 30-year-old Ethiopian-born runner’s time trailed solely the ladies’s world file of two:11:53 set by Ethiopian Tigst Assefa ultimately month’s Berlin Marathon.
“I ran so great. I’m so happy,” Hassan mentioned. “I ran an amazing time. I never thought I’d run 2:13. It’s amazing. It’s unbelievable.”
Greater than 47,000 runners raced within the forty fifth version of the occasion in cool and cloudy circumstances.
Kiptum’s run marked the third time a males’s world file had been set on the streets of Chicago however the first time since Morocco’s Khalid Khannouchi in 1999.
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 received bronze on the Tokyo Olympics, third in 2:04:32.
Ethiopian Seifu Tura, the 2021 Chicago winner, was fifth in 2:05:29, 20 seconds behind Kenyan John Korir.
Earlier than the end, Kiptum was waving and blowing kisses at spectators earlier than elevating his arms in triumph on the end line.
“I saw the time in front of me,” he mentioned. “I felt good inside of me, maybe a little adrenaline.”
The previous Chicago Marathon file of two:03:45 was set by Kenyan Dennis Kimetto in 2013.
“Chicago is a flat course,” Kiptum mentioned. “I thought I’d go and try Chicago.”
Kiptum was amongst six males who surged forward initially behind 4 half-marathon pacers. Kiptum pulled away from Kipruto after 5km and was joined by countryman Daniel Mateiko, who had been a pacer for Kiptum in London.
Kiptum reached the midway mark in 1:00:48, simply off world-record tempo, and Kiptum pulled away from Mateiko with a 4:21 time in his twentieth mile then reached 40km at 30 seconds below world-record tempo, setting the stage for historical past.
-‘Too hard’ –
Hassan competed solely six weeks after taking 5,000m silver and 1,500m bronze on the World Athletics Championships, the place she fell whereas main the ten,000m ultimate.
She was the Tokyo Olympic champion at 5,000m and 10,000m and received her marathon debut in April at London.
“I just love it,” Hassan mentioned of the gap. “The pain and the time is so heavy but when you finish you want to do again. I love it. It’s unbelievable. I can’t describe it.”
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich, who was chasing an unprecedented third consecutive ladies’s title, completed second in 2:15:37 — 1:53 behind Hassan — with Ethiopia’s Megertu Alemu third in 2:17:09 and Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei, the 2019 New York Marathon and 2021 London Marathon winner, fourth in 2:17:23.
Chepngetich and Hassan surged forward early on world-record tempo at 31:05 for 10km.
“It was so hard for me to start,” Hassan mentioned. “I think we started too hard and I think we both broke.”
On the midway mark, Chepngetich was at 1:05:42, six seconds forward of Hassan with each nonetheless on world-record tempo.
Hassan raced forward simply after the 25km mark, stretched her result in 10 seconds at 30km and stayed in command to the tip.
“I’m very happy for my training,” Hassan mentioned. “I trained hard for it.”