On the evening of October 8, Vietnam time, Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum won the Chicago Marathon (USA) with a time of 2 hours 0 minutes 35 seconds.
This achievement helped him set a new world record, 34 seconds faster than the old record set last year at the Berlin Marathon (Germany) by Eliud Kipchoge with a time of 2 hours 1 minute 09 seconds. In addition, Kiptum also became the first runner to run a sub2:1 marathon (under 2 hours 1 minute) in an official tournament.
Kiptum also became the first runner to run a sub2:1 marathon (under 2 hours 1 minute) in an official competition.
At the start, Kiptum was part of an elite group of 31 on the starting line, along with reigning champion Benson Kipruto (2 hours 4 minutes 24 seconds). He quickly broke away and formed a rivalry with Daniel Mateiko, another Kenyan runner, while Kipruto fell behind.
At the 25km and 30km mark, Kiptum and Mateiko were very close to each other with only a few seconds difference. From the 33km mark, Kiptum started to break away and gave his opponent no chance.
Notably, this is only Kiptum's third time running a full marathon. His first was 10 months ago at the 2022 Valencia Marathon, where he finished first in 2 hours, 1 minute, 53 seconds, becoming the fastest marathon debutant in history. A few months later, Kiptum won the London Marathon in 2 hours, 1 minute, 25 seconds, setting a new race record and closing in on his compatriot Kipchoge's record.
In the women's category, Dutch runner Sifan Hassan won the 2023 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2 hours 13 minutes 44 seconds, the second best result in history. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Hassan made her mark as the first female athlete to win medals in all three track and field events: 1,500m (Bronze medal), 5,000m (Gold medal) and 10,000m (Gold medal).
(Source: Tien Phong)
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