Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich took virtually two minutes off the world report on the Financial institution of America Chicago Marathon, successful the World Athletics Platinum Label highway race in 2:09:56 on Sunday (13).
Not solely did she obliterated Tigist Assefa’s world report of two:11:53, set in Berlin final yr, Chepngetich additionally notched up her third Chicago Marathon victory and chopped greater than 4 minutes off her earlier greatest of two:14:18, set when successful right here in 2022.
On day for Kenyan runners, John Korir took the lads’s title in 2:02:43, the second-fastest time ever recorded in Chicago behind the world report of two:00:35 set by the late Kelvin Kiptum final yr.
Chepngetich breezed by means of the primary 5km in 15:00 after which reached 10km in an astonishing 30:14. She continued her relentless tempo and hit the half-way mark in an unbelievable 1:04:16, the fifth-fastest clocking in historical past for the half marathon distance and placing her heading in the right direction for a sub-2:09 end.
Spurred on by her reminiscences of the 2022 race, when she missed out on the world report by simply 14 seconds, Chepngetich powered by means of the ultimate levels and crossed the road in 2:09:57, turning into the primary girl to interrupt 2:10.
“I really feel so nice. I am very pleased with myself. That is my dream. I fought quite a bit, excited about the world report. The world report has come again to Kenya, and I dedicate this world report to Kelvin Kiptum,” she stated.
The brand new World Report is nonetheless topic to the same old ratification process by World Athletics.