Amos Kipruto and Feysa Hawi won the Chicago Marathon; Americans “go for it” in warm conditions

Warm temperatures did not appear to be a factor for the top finishers at the 48th annual Chicago Marathon on Sunday.

While the start temperature was 17C (62F), it rose to over 24C (75F) in the afternoon; organizers issued a yellow alert, but the elites raced at near world-record paces regardless.

Kenyan Amos Kipruto and Ethiopian Faysa Hawi win.

Men’s race

Taking the men’s win was Kenyan Amos Kipruto in 2:01:09, tying Eliud Kipchoge’s best time that he ran in Berlin in 2022, which is the former world record. Now tied as the fifth-fastest all-time.

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Taking second was Tadese Bikila of Ethiopia in 2:02:56. Fellow Ethiopian Mikesa Mengesha clocked a 2:03:46 for third. The top American was Clayton Young in 2:05:23, in seventh position. The top Japanese runner was Akira Akasak in ninth place in 2:05:47. The first Canadian was Vancouver’s Thomas Nobbs, in a near-minute personal best time of 2:08:35, to place 17th.

In March, Nobbs ran 2:09:25 at the Rockland Lake State Park event in Congers, NY.

Nobbs leapfrogs past Ben Preisner as the third-fastest Canadian all-time behind Cameron Levins with his 2:05:36 (Tokyo 2023) and Rory Linkletter with his 2:06:49 from the 2025 running of the Chicago Marathon. Linkletter did run the 2026 edition, but was a pacer for American Dakotah Popehn. He finished in 2:23:59; she finished in 2:24:00.

Preisner has run 2:08:58, which he accomplished at the Oita, Japan event in 2024. Linkletter ran the 2026 Boston Marathon in 206:04, but the Boston performances do not count for records and standards.

Eighteen men ran under 2:10. Fifty-six ran sub-2:20.

American Vincent Mauri was going for it in Chicago. The 25-year-old chose to chase Mantz’s record. He ran well to finish as the third American and 10th overall in 2:06:45. Charles Hicks finished two positions in front of him in 2:05:35.

“I realized in the moment, you never know when you’re going to feel good on race day,” Mauri said. “And I felt great on race day…I was like, hey, no offense to the American record, I don’t want to run 2:04. I want to run 2:03 today.

Women’s race

Feysa Hawi of Ethiopia won the women’s race in 2:13:33 for the fourth-fastest performance in history. She was trailing in second, but dropped a 5:00 final 1600 metres to pass Sharon Lokedi for the win.

Hawi surpassed Dutch runner Sifan Hassan, who in 2023 in Chicago ran 2:13:44. Only Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya, with her 2:11:56 in 2024; Fotyen Tesfay of Ethiopia, with her 2:10:51 in 2026 in Barcelona; and Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia, with the former world record at 2:11:53 from Berlin in 2023, have run faster.

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Lokedi and fellow Kenyan Brigid Kosgei went 2-3. They ran 2:14:07 and 2:14:55, respectively. It was in Chicago that Kosgei broke the 16-year-old world record held by the UK’s Paula Radcliffe in 2019, which seemed to open the floodgates to faster times. She ran 2:14:04. This is the third time that the Tokyo Olympic silver medallist has run 2:14, having done so again in Tokyo in March of 2026 when she won in 2:14:29.

In that same race, Hawi finished third in her personal best of 2:14:57. Her run today is a PB by 1:24.

The top American was Emma Grace Hurley in 2:20:47 for the fastest-ever American debut. She was bettered by Australian Isobel Batt-Doyle, who was the first non-African finisher, clocking 2:20:38 and setting a new Australian national record. They finished in sixth and seventh, respectively.

The American records are safe for now at 2:04:43 by Conner Mantz and 2:19:36 by Keira D’Amato. Galen Rupp ran the fastest American 40-plus time ever with his 2:06:55 performance Sunday in Chicago.

Popehn, who Linkletter paced, finished 13th and second American.

The top Canadian was Claire Sumner in 2:32:21, in 19th position.

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