Sifan Hassan runs second fastest time in history to win Chicago Marathon

Sifan Hassan outpaced back-to-back defending champion Ruth Chepngetich to win the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 8. Her time of 2:13:44 beats the course record and one-time world record of 2:14.04, set in 2019 by Brigid Kosgei. Hassan, of the Netherlands, would be the new world record holder were it not for Tigist Assefa’s stunning 2:11.53 set in Berlin two …

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Tigist Assefa smashes world marathon record by over two minutes

Ethiopian Tigist Assefa smashed the women’s world marathon record as she won the Berlin marathon in 2:11.53 on Sunday (Sept. 24). That time is over two minutes shorter than the previous record of 2:14.04, set by Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei in Chicago in 2019. The race was only 26-year-old Assefa’s third competitive marathon. A former 800m specialist and Olympian, Assefa also …

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Ruth Chepngetich Misses the World Record by 14 Seconds

Ruth Chepngetich almost made history during her incredible run in the Chicago marathon that took place on Sunday, October 09th. Chepngetich defended her 2022 Bank of America Chicago Marathon title. The Kenyan Prisons athlete was merely 14 seconds from breaking the world record that is currently held by Brigid Kosgei made three years earlier on the same course. Kosgei’s record …

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