The 30-year-old clocked a time of two hours, nine minutes and 57 seconds to surpass Ethiopian Tigst Assefa’s previous record by nearly two minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chepngetich is the first woman to run a marathon in under two hours and 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Assefa set the previous record with victory at the 2023 Berlin Marathon in two hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I feel so great, I’m proud of myself. This is my dream that has come true,” said Chepngetich, the 2019 world marathon champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I’ve fought a lot thinking about the world record and I have fulfilled it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Victory forChepngetich is her third in Chicago, where she missed out on breaking compatriot Brigid Kosgei’s\u00a0then-world record by 14 seconds in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Four of the five fastest women’s marathon times have been run on the flat Chicago course over the last six years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the men’s race, Kenya’s John Korir ran a personal-best time to claim victory before paying tribute to world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, last year’s winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Korir emerged from a group of seven leaders to run clear and finish in two hours, two minutes and 44 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ethiopia’s Mohamed Esa finished second, while Amos Kipruto, who finished third, was one of four Kenyans in the top five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kiptum set\u00a0the current world record of two hours 35 seconds\u00a0in Chicago, four months before he\u00a0died aged 24 in a car accident, and Korir said he used his compatriot’s record run as motivation on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It was really nice to run my PB and win in Chicago,” said Korir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Today I was thinking about Kiptum and I said ‘last year if he could run under 2:01, why not me?’ So I had to believe in myself and try to do my best.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 30-year-old clocked a time of two hours, nine minutes and 57 seconds to surpass Ethiopian Tigst Assefa’s previous record by nearly two minutes. Chepngetich is the first woman to run a marathon in under two hours and 10 minutes. Assefa set the previous record with victory at the 2023 Berlin Marathon in two hours, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,4],"tags":[7,14,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-39664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-featured","9":"category-sports","10":"tag-apie-project","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n