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Ruth Chepngetich’s Chicago Marathon win was so fast that, as Let’s Run said, “we lost our brains.” The performances were so off the charts that we also failed to report on Munich and Chicago’s men’s winner, John Korir.

Kenyan Korir won the Chicago Marathon in 2:02:43. This time would have been the world record until 2018, when Eliud Kipchoge broke Dennis Kimetto’s 2:02:57 time from the 2014 Berlin Marathon. He set a new personal best by nearly two minutes. The 27-year-old won the Los Angeles Marathon in 2021 and 2022 and finished third in Chicago in 2022 and fourth in 2023. Nine athletes finished under 2:10:00.

Results

Pos.TIME
1. Korir, John (KEN)2:02:44
2. Esa, Huseydin Mohamed (ETH)2:04:39
3. Kipruto, Amos (KEN)2:04:50
4. Ngetich, Vincent (KEN)2:05:16
5. Ebenyo, Daniel (KEN)2:06:04
6. Hosoya, Kyohei (JPN)2:07:20
7. Albertson, Cj (USA)2:08:17
8.Sadakata, Toshiki (JPN)2:08:22
9. Panning, Zach (USA)2:09:16
10. Yasui, Yuichi (JPN)2:10:11

Nehemiah Kipyegon and Asmare Assefa win in Munich

Kenyan Nehemiah Kipyegon ran a debut marathon win, which seems to be the new norm now. While Asmare Assefa of Ethiopia won in her second go. Her only other marathon result that could be found was a 2:30:40-shades of namesake Tigst Assefa.

Kipyegon and Assefa triumphed at the 38th Munich Marathon. There were tough weather conditions. Kipyegon, dominated the race, recording an impressive 2:10:02 despite the wind and rain in the latter stages. Without pacemakers, he led from the start and recorded the fourth-fastest time in the event’s history. Kipyegon finished over five minutes ahead of second-place Ethiopian Siyum Tola, who completed his debut marathon in 2:15:29. Twenty-eight-thousand didn’t care, the number is the event record and they went for it anyway.

Results

PosNameNATTimeNet Time
1.ASSEFA Asmare BeyeneETH(2:29:44)2:29:44
2.KIPSIROR Shamilah TekaaKEN(2:34:01)2:34:01
3.SENBETE Gelane BulbulaETH(2:35:44)2:35:44
4.BERGMANN RuthGER(2:51:42)2:51:40
5.NEGASA Gadise GudisaETH(2:54:07)2:54:07
6.FREUDENREICH MeikeGER(2:57:52)2:57:49
7.MOSER TheresaGER(2:59:11)2:59:07
8.GEISTDÖRFER MargaritaGER(3:00:07)2:59:58
9.REU MarisaGER(3:00:42)3:00:32

TO RESULTS MEN MARATHON

PosNameNATTimeNet Time
1.KIPYEGON NehemiahKEN(2:10:02)2:10:02
2.TOLA Siyum DiribaETH(2:15:29)2:15:29
3.CHUMBA Benard KipsangKEN(2:19:00)2:19:00
4.KIBOR WilliamKEN(2:26:13)2:26:13
5.BIRECH CosmasKEN(2:32:21)2:32:21
6.PERLETH SvenGER(2:32:39)2:32:37
7.BRAND NilsGER(2:36:19)2:36:17
8.LANGNER NikoGER(2:36:26)2:36:23
9.HEGEL JulianGER(2:37:14)2:37:11
10.STADELMANN DominikGER(2:37:35)2:37:33

As for marathons, next up are the Venice, Frankfurt, Dublin, Chengdu, Casablanca, Lausanne, and Nairobi marathons. Also, there is the very fast Valencia Half Marathon all on Oct. 27. Everyone is waiting for the Valencia Marathon in early December, now rivalling Berlin as the fastest course in the world.

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