The Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum shattered the marathon world record in Chicago and dethroned his compatriot Eliud Kipchoge. The 23-year-old ran in the US metropolis in 2:00:35 hours, 34 seconds faster than top star Kipchoge in Berlin a year ago.
This meant that both marathon world records were clearly beaten within 14 days. On September 24th in Berlin, Ethiopian Tigist Assefa clocked 2:11:53 hours, more than two minutes below the previous mark set by Brigid Kosgei from Kenya (2:14:04).
The Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan won the women’s race in Chicago. Her time of 2:13:44 was a European record and the second best time in history.
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