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 exceptional runner 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).
In the women’s race, the Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan was even faster than Tigist Assefa when she set her record two weeks ago. The 30-year-old finally finished her second marathon after 2:13:44 minutes – still almost two minutes faster than Paula Radcliffe’s previous European record of 2:15:25 hours.
