This will be the elite of the Chicago Marathon, with more than 50,000 participants

Chicago It will be the second ‘Major’ on the calendar after the Paris 2024 Games and will have a high level of participation, with more than 50,000 runners and to a select person who this year stands out among women. On October 13, there will be nine marathoners at the starting line with personal bests under 2h20 and including two of the ten fastest women of all time, Ruth Chepngetich (2h14’18) and Sutume Kebede (2h15’55).

In this marathon, men and women run together and, certainly, one of the goals of Kebede is to honor his former training partner and world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, who last year won Chicago with a world record (2h00’35) and died in February of this year in a tragic car accident in Kenya. “After seeing what Kelvin did on this circuit last year, I want to achieve something big,” said the Ethiopian runner, who had to face Chepngetichthe fourth fastest woman in history Joyceline Jepkosgei, winner in London and New York and fourth last year in Chicago. It will also go to the exit Keira D’AmatoNorth American record holder who in the last two editions of the event traveled by car on the route as part of the NBC commentary team.

In the men’s category, the presence of two Kenyans with the exact same brand stood out, Amos Kipruto and Vincent Ngetich, both with 2h03’13. “My goal is to run a personal best,” he said. Cyprus, winner of the 2012 London Marathon “I want to show the world that I’m still a marathoner capable of winning a ‘Major’ like Chicago,” he added. Your main rival is Ngetich, with the exact same personal best, but no victory at a major. The marathon debut of Daniel Ebenyolast year’s world silver in the 10,000 meters in Budapest and winner of this year’s Berlin Half Marathon.

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Men

2h03’13 Amos Kipruto (KEN)

2h03’13 Vincent Ngetich (KEN)

2h03’48 Dawit Wolde (ETH)

2h04’50 Amdework Waelegn (ETH)

2h05’01 John Korir (KEN)

2h05’05 Huseydin Mohamed Esa (ETH)

2h06’08 Jemal Yimer (ETH)

2h07’50 ​​​​Tatsuya Maruyama (JPN)

2h08’48 Yuichi Yasui (JPN)

2h09’24 Jorge Castelblanco (PAN)

2h09’28 Zach Panning (USA)

2h09’46 Brian Shrader (USA)

2h09’53 CJ Albertson (USA)

2h10’03 Tomoki Yoshioka (JPN)

woman

2h14’18 Ruth Chepngetich (KEN)

2h15’55 Sutume Kebede (ETH)

2h16’24 Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN)

2h17’58 Degitu Azimeraw (ETH)

2h17’58 Ashete Bekere Dido (ETH)

2h17’59 Hiwot Gebrekidan (ETH)

2h18’22 Irine Cheptai (KEN)

2h19’12 Keira D’Amato (USA)

2h19’17 Betsy Saina (USA)

2h20’02 Dorcas Tuitoek (KEN)