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jacob kepage kip won chicago marathon With an unofficial time of 02:02:23 in his second race over 26.2 miles.
The 24-year-old Ugandan star left the defending Chicago champion and Boston champion John Korir behind after crossing the halfway mark in a time of 1:00:16.
Kiplimo made his marathon debut in London in April, where he ran a time of 2:03:37 to finish second behind Sebastien Savay and at one point was on track to make the break. Kelvin KiptumWorld record of.
But with such a comfortable lead, Kiplimo’s pace dropped over the closing miles and he was tired after crossing the line. Kiplimo still finished 91 seconds ahead of the runner-up, Kenya’s Amos Kipruto, while Alex Masai missed the podium.
American Connor Muntz missed the podium in fourth, but he crossed the line in 02:04:43, shaving 57 seconds off Khaled Khannouchi’s 23-year-old American marathon record. Korir is not finished.
Kiplimo’s time was the 11th-fastest ever, but less than the world-leading time set by Savay in Berlin two weeks earlier this year, in which the Kenyan clocked 2:02:16 in hot conditions.
At the 30 kilometer mark, Kiplimo’s split time was almost a minute faster than Kiptom’s world record pace – but he lost almost three minutes on the late Kenyan.
Kiptom, who died in a car accident at the age of 24 just months after breaking the world record, had run a time of 02:00:35 in Chicago two years earlier.
In the women’s race, Ethiopia’s Hawi Feysa won one-sidedly. Feysa ran the final five miles of the race on his own, finishing more than two minutes off his personal best in Chicago’s pristine, sunny conditions.
Feyisa, who finished third on the podium in Tokyo, looked emotional during the final mile and fell to her knees after crossing the line in 2:14:56, while her compatriot Magertu Alemu finished second in 2:17:18. Tanzanian Magdalena Shouri took third place on the podium in 2:18:03.
men’s elite
1. Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) – 2:02:23
2. Amos Kipruto (KN) – 2:03:54
3. Alex Masai (Ken) – 2:04:37
4. Con Mantz (USA) – 2:04:43
5. Husedin Mohammed Isa (ETH) – 2:04:50
6. Sefu Tura (ETH) – 2:05:17
7. Geoffrey Kamworor, (Can) – 2:05:31
8. Philemon Kiplimo Kimaiyo (Ken) – 02:06:14
9. Rory Linklater (CAN) – 2:06:49
10. Bashir Abdi (BEL) – 2:07:08
female elite
1. Hawi Feysa (Eth) – 2:14:56
2. Magerte Almu (Eth) – 2:17:18
3. Magdalena Council (Tan) – 2:18:03
4. Lis Chemnung (Kane) – 2:18
5. Mary Ngugi-Cooper (Kane) – 2:19:25
6. Natosha Rogers (USA) – 2:23:28
7. Dakota Poppen (USA) – 2:24:21
8. Florence Borelli (ARG) – 2:24:23
9. Gabriella Rucker (USA) – 02:26:32
10. Melody Julian (from) – 02:27:09
men’s wheelchair
1. Marcel Hug, (SUI) – 1:23:20
2. David Weir (GBR) – 1:27:26
3. Tomoki Suzuki (JPN) – 1:27:29
4. Aaron Pike (USA) – 01:29:07
5. Jetz Platt (Ned – 1:29:10
6. Geert Schipper (NED) – 1:29:18
7. Ryota Yoshida (JPN) – 1:32:27
8. Correll, Ivan (USA) – 1:35:21
9. Sho Watanabe, (JPN) – 1:35:22
10. Brian Seaman (USA) – 1:35:23
women’s wheelchair
1. Suzanna Scaroni (USA) – 1:38:14
2. Manuela Schar (SUI) – 1:39:03
3. Tatyana McFadden (USA) – 1:39:04
4 Eden Rainbow-Cooper (GBR) – 1:41:59
5 Jade Hall (GBR) – 1:42:35
6. Katherine Debrunner (SUI) – 1:45:42
7. Hoda Front (single) – 1:50:33
8. Vanessa De Souza (BRA) – 01:54:02
9. Hanna Balolal, (NGR) – 2:08:26
10. Heather Sealover (USA) – 2:09:09