The 46th edition of the Chicago Marathon which is celebrated this Sunday, October 13, will mark the anniversary of the world record of Kelvin Kiptumthe Kenyan athlete who won this event a year ago with an impressive time of 2h00:35 and four months later died in a fatal traffic accident.
The event will offer a minute’s silence before the start and distribute stickers to remember the man who, at just 23 years old, became the first person to go under 2h01 in an official marathon and the record has not been broken.
More than 50,000 runners They will stand at the starting line to face 42,195 kilometers of fast and flat course that crosses 29 neighborhoods of the city and attracts almost 2 million spectators every year.
The test, which is part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors and has broken the world record six times, will feature a top-level elite led by the 30-year-old Ethiopian. Birhau Legesewho just finished third in the Rotterdam Marathon and has a personal best of 2h02:48. Legese is a two-time Tokyo Marathon champion and second in the 2019 Berlin Marathon, positioning him as the main favorite this Sunday.
Among their strongest opponents are the Kenyans Amos Kipruto and Vincent Ngetich. The former won major marathons such as in London, Seoul and Rome, and came to Chicago to run his first ‘Major’ on American soil. Ngetich, for his part, is best known in Spain for winning the 2022 Madrid Half Marathon, although his best-known results are second place in the 2023 Berlin Marathon and third place in this year’s Tokyo Marathon.
Among the women, the competition will be keen with nine women with personal bests under 2h20, with the Kenyans standing out. Ruth Chepngetich and Joyceline Jepkosgei and the Ethiopians Sutume Kebede and Degitu Azimeraw. The American Keira D’Amatoformer national marathon and half marathon record holder, will attend the event.
Both race winners will take 100,000 US dollars prize.
The event starts at 2:30 pm (Spanish time) and can be seen live on various channels such as NBC Chicago, Telemundo Chicago, Eurosport, Eurosport India, SMG China, FloSports, ESPN Brazil and ESPN Latin America.
Source: La Verdad
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