Chicago Marathon, Kenyan Kiptum wins with a new world record. PHOTO

THE RACE

• Game at 2.30pm Italian time, at 7.30am in Illinois, la Bank of America Chicago Marathon has reached its 45th edition, with around 45 thousand participants from all over the world

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ITALIANS

• Many Italians were also at the start, it is estimated that they actually showed up at the start of the marathon 642 runners coming from the peninsula

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RECORD

• The Chicago Marathon is known for its flat and fast course which has allowed the world’s best athletes to break 4 world records. This race is part of the circuit 6 World Marathon Majors along with London, Berlin, New York, Tokyo and Boston

NEW RECORD

• The 23-year-old Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum won the marathon, with a time of 2 hours 00’35”, a time that improves the previous record of 2 hours 01’19” which belonged to the other Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, two-time Olympic champion

THE WINNER

• Kelvin Kiptum, 23, celebrates at the finish line. The men’s podium was completed, behind the new world record holder, by the other Kenyan Benson Kipruto (second) and by the Belgian Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo Bashir Abdi (third)

WOMEN’S WINNER SIFAN HASSAN

• The Dutch Sifan Hassan, 30, just six weeks after the gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, crossed the finish line in 2 hours 13 minutes 44 seconds, the second fastest time in the history of the women’s marathon

WOMEN’S WINNER 2022

• Last year it was Ruth Chepngetich to win for women. The Kenyan crossed the finish line with a time of 2h14:18, just 14 seconds above the record. Two weeks ago in Berlin, however, the Ethiopian Tigst Assefa set the new world record for the women’s marathon, in 2 hours 11 minutes 53 seconds

WINNER MEN 2022

• In the men’s category last year the Kenyan triumphed Benson Kipruto with a time of 2h04:24, followed at a distance by the Ethiopian Seifu Tura (2h04:49) and his compatriot John Korir (2h05:01)